PCTI Webinar Nov. 17, 1 p.m.
Person Center Trauma-Informed (PCTI) care recognizes the whole person and that trauma they have experienced can impact their decisions and ability to get help and services. As a follow-up to our Aging Insights episode on PCTI (below), this webinar will explain how you can use this approach with your members, residents and patients. Register here in advance.
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Aging Insights Episode 121- PCTI: Person-Centered Trauma-Informed care
How can a healthcare provider best approach the treatment of an older person with a history of trauma, to avoid triggering that patient? How can a patient who may fear the stigma associated with their trauma history, or not see the impact trauma has on their health, relay their history without being retraumatized?
Person-Centered Trauma-Informed (PCTI) care is explored on Episode 121 of Aging Insights TV produced by NJ Advocates for Aging Well in conjunction with Piscataway Community TV. Aging Insights is now in its 10th year.
Joining Aging Insights host Cathy Rowe, DrPH, are Deborah Rokhsar Rosen, Community Planning Coordinator at the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ; Howard Drew, DMD, Professor, Director of Implantology, and the Vice Chair of the Department of Periodontics at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ; Liz Levy, LCSW Clinician and Coordinator of Holocaust Services at Jewish Family Service of MetroWest NJ; and Peter Jacob, LSW, MSW, Coordinator of Project CEASSE (Combating Elder Abuse through Supportive Services and Education), Jewish Family Service of Central NJ.
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An NJAAW feature: #agewellnj
NJAAW wants to know: What are you doing to ensure you are aging well?
Is there something you are doing now or are planning to do for your physical health, financial security or recreational enjoyment? Click here and tell us your strategies/plans for aging well so we can share your inspiration with others.
A Senior Researcher, Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, Andrea notes, "The #1 thing I am doing to age well, aside from spending time with loved ones, is to get outside and hike/walk in parks. It has been my saving grace during the pandemic."
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Age-friendly domains:
Community Supports and Health Services
We all need/needed/will need help and we all want to live in a community that can support us. Whether it’s community support or health services, we all will need at least a little of it at different points in our lives.
Consider two basic but important points about services:
- The need to be close by. Although the expansion of online services under COVID has opened the ability to connect virtually, some services can only be provided in person.
- It is essential that residents can both access and afford the services they need.
The stereotype of older people needing lots of doctors and prescriptions is a farce. While some people might need multiple health services, others require relatively few. There is no one type of patient. But what we do lack, especially in New Jersey, is enough healthcare providers trained in the care of older adults. This also reflects the national shortage of geriatricians, general practitioners and family practitioners. In addition, some health providers do not take older patients assuming they will have more complex medical needs.
An age-friendly health system addresses the whole person. Services for older adults need to include preventive care that covers a lifespan. Preventive and quality health services available at every age and stage of life can lead to substantially lower rates of illness, issues and need for health care services later in life.
Supportive services not only help someone remain independent in their own homes but prevent health crises and reduce hospitalization, surgery and intensive treatments. Health services must also consider transportation and whether someone can get to their appointments. And, as more and more providers use digital health, are patients technologically able to participate in that option?
If this seems far away and not an issue for people of every age, consider this: Appropriate, accessible and affordable health care and support for older adults saves us all money by reducing Medicare and Medicaid costs, private insurance premiums and also supports caregivers.
For more on health care for older adults, watch our Aging Insights Episode 119 on “Aging Well with Your Doctors,” linked below.
If you missed our previous coverage on age-friendly domains,
you can read past issues of NJAAW News and Resources here!
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State Prescription Assistance Program
Eligibility Expanded
Thanks to increases in the NJ 2022 Budget, the annual income limits of two prescription drug benefit programs for NJ residents age 65+ will be raised in 2022:
- The Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled Program (PAAD), which cuts drug prices to $5 for covered generic and $7 for covered name brands, will increase income limits to $38,769 if single/$45,270 if married.
- The Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program cuts prices in half after a $15 copay for covered prescriptions. Its income limits for 2022 will be $48,769 single/$55,270 married.
Residents can apply for these programs through the NJSave online application or call 1-800-792-9745. For details on these and other assistance programs, go to the Division of Aging Services website.
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The NJ LGBTQI+, HIV+ Long-term Care
Bill of Rights
The comprehensive Bill of Rights for LGBTQI and HIV+ residents of long-term care facilities took effect in August 2021 and establishes specific rights and certain requirements for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-positive residents of long-term care facilities.
The law makes it illegal for facilities to discriminate against LGBTQI and HIV+ residents and requires that LTC facilities post anti-discrimination signs that include specific language indicating that the facility does not discriminate against LGBTQI or HIV+ people, and informs residents what to do if they feel their rights are violated.
In addition, the law requires that all LTC staff must receive training by August 2022, and that by February 28, 2022, two designated staff members (one admin staff and one direct-care staff) be trained as the dedicated contacts for the facility.
Three long-standing LGBTQI/HIV+ training organizations in NJ that were instrumental in passing the law, are offering training:
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Looking to Bring Tech Classes
to your Community?
OATS (Older Adults Technology Services)/Senior Planet is expanding its programming for older adults through Senior Planet's new licensing program.
Working with local organizations, this program aims to help more older adults access technology and use it to enhance their lives.
Senior Planet is now accepting applications to participate in their program, which is being offered free of charge.
Upcoming informational sessions are scheduled for Nov. 17, noon-1 p.m. MT, and Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-noon MT.
To learn more or to sign up for an upcoming informational session, click here.
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Self Care for Caregivers
Join JFSCNJ and Trinitas Regional Medical for a 6-week group via Zoom to learn how to take care of yourself while caring for others, using DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills.
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