Health
and Medicine Policy Research Group (HMPRG) is currently seeking a full-time
Policy Analyst, full-time Office Manager and part-time Development Officer.
Please review the position announcements for more information.
The Health and Medicine Policy
Research Group,
Center for Long-Term Care Reform cordially invites you to a panel discussion:
Targeting and Supporting
High Risk Elders in the Community
Friday, May 18, 2007
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m.)
Room 932
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
1603 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Featured Panelists:
Karen Gricus, COO/RN, Chicago REACH
Barbara Rabyne, Director of Community Services, Council for Jewish Elderly
Marsha J. Johnson, Director of Case Coordination Units, Community Care
Systems, Inc.
Thomas Cornwell, MD, FAAFP, HomeCare Physicians
Physical impairments? Cognitive limitations? Environmental hazards? Complex
medical needs? What defines a "high risk client"? How do/can we meet
the needs of such clients in the community? How are different organizations
addressing this issue? How do/will we enable elders with frailty and complex
needs to age well in the community?
Join us for a panel discussion of these questions and more as we consider
strategies for and barriers to identifying and sustaining older adults with
higher levels of risk and service need in the community.
Please RSVP to Marianne at mbrennan@hmprg.org or 312.372.4292. Made possible
by the generous support of the Retirement Research Foundation, Public Welfare
Foundation, and The Chicago Community Trust
Three
discussions with Msgr. Charles J. Fahey Marie Ward Doty Professor Emeritus of Aging Studies,
Fordham University,
Senior Program Officer of the Milbank Memorial Fund,
Priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, NY,
Researcher, Loretto Institute for the Frail Elderly, Syracuse, NY
April 24th
and 25,th 2007 Olson Auditorium Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 836 W. Wellington
Tuesday,
April 24th 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
LECTURE AND DISCUSSION
Dying and
Death in the Nursing Home: Assuring Quality in Final
Transitions
Sponsored by: The Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition
$5 suggested donation
Wednesday
April 25th 8:00 a.m. GRAND ROUNDS
Progressive
Intermittent Frailty in the ‘New Third Age’
Sponsored by: The Section of Clinical Ethics and Palliative Medicine
for the Department of Internal Medicine†
5:30-7:00
p.m. LECTURE AND DISCUSSION
Paying for
LTC: Social Insurance—the Only Answer?
Sponsored by: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Center for Long-Term Care
Reform
All events are open to the public.
PLEASE RSVP
TO Marianne at 312-372-4292 or ltcrsvp@hmprg.org
by Monday April 23.
Reduced rate
parking available with validation in the parking garage on Wellington, just
west of the Medical Center.
†Advocate
Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Advocate
Health Care designates this educational activity for maximum of 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Save
the Date!
Office on Women’s Health
– Region V U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
together
with
The
Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau – Region V
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Department of Housing and Urban Development –
Office of Community Planning and Development
is
pleased to present a full-day training:
Women,
Girls and Trauma Approaches
to gender-responsive social services
Health
and Medicine Policy Research Group Center for Long-Term Care Reform
cordially invites you to join in a discussion of:
Health Maintenance in the Home:
Is Nurse Delegation a Solution for Illinois?
Nurse
delegation is one of the strategies states have used to address the chronic
care needs—including medication administration and assistance—of home and
community-based, long-term care consumers.
Could
it work in Illinois?Join us
for a panel discussion of the pros and cons of this policy alternative and of
its potential for Illinois.
Click
here for more information and for a list of upcoming meetings and hearing dates.
The Cook County 2007 budget was
released on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 and is now available online for
your review at http://www.cookcountygov.com/2007_budget2.htm.
The deadline for it to be approved is Wednesday, February 28th.
Health and Medicine is currently analyzing the budget to determine the
health implications of the budget cuts, with a particular focus on
maternal and child health, school health and prison health. We are in
the process of drafting letters and testimony and I encourage you to act
now and do the same. It is of utmost importance for all of us to let
President Stroger, the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the local
press know the detrimental effects of these cuts.
Please review the list of hearing dates and community events below.
Forward this information to people in your networks who will come out
and make their voices heard to oppose these drastic cuts. Contact
information for the President and the Commissioners can be found at www.cookcountygov.com.
Our initial reactions to the budget:
Significant cuts to essential
services is too much
We need competent management; an
overhaul of the system is necessary but not on the backs of the poor
and uninsured through cuts in service providers and clinics
Drastic hasty measures will lead
to chaos that cannot be undone.
Revenue enhancing measures need
to be prioritized, such as an improved billing system, and advocacy
with the state to receive a higher proportion of the Budget
Improvement Patient Protection Act of 2000 funds (state is currently
taking 65% and county is taking 35%)
We need an integrated regional
health system
Additionally, an initial meeting about the current
situation was held on Monday 1/15/07 with about 150 people in
attendance. A listserv has been started, (to join the listserv, send
an email to HealthCareJustice-subscribe@yahoogroups.com),
and there will soon be a website.
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
29 East Madison Street, Suite 602
Chicago, Illinois 60602-4404
TEL 312 372.4292
FAX 312 372.2753
E-mail: info@HMPRG.org
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