This webinar, hosted by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) with support from the California Health Care Foundation, is the fourth in an Assisted Living for Medi-Cal Enrollees learning series. The series is exploring opportunities to strengthen cross-sector partnerships to improve appropriate, timely, and effective use of assisted living communities for Medi-Cal enrollees, including older adults, people with disabilities, and individuals with behavioral health needs.
This webinar focused on barriers experienced by Medi-Cal members in maintaining their residence in assisted living communities and strategies to address them. It explored key topics, including supporting residents with significant behavioral health needs and/or who face challenges paying for room and board. The session also highlighted roles of different stakeholders during service provision at one assisted living community.
Agenda
I. Welcome and Overview
Speaker: Zackiya Grant-Knight, Program Officer, CHCS
Z. Grant-Knight welcomed participants and provide an overview of the Assisted Living for Medi-Cal Enrollees: Virtual Learning Series. She reviewed common services provided within assisted living communities for select Medi-Cal populations and highlighted challenges faced by stakeholders in providing wraparound services. Additionally, she provided an overview of financial options and resources available to support services for assisted living residents.
II. Service Provision in Assisted Living
Speakers: Angela Kutnerian, Wellpointe; Schalon Woods, Alameda County Health; Bo Buena, Kern Health Systems
Speakers shared strategies to support residents in assisted living communities related to wraparound services and costs. A. Kutnerian presented on Wellpointe’s role in coordinating services to ensure that residents have the necessary supports to live successfully in assisted living. S. Woods highlighted resources available in Alameda County for people with behavioral health needs in assisted living communities. And B. Buena shared how Kern Health Systems supports members so they can afford assisted living costs, including room and board payment.
III. Moderated Q&A
Moderator: Emma Rauscher, Program Officer, CHCS
IV. Preview of Upcoming Sessions and Wrap-Up
Speaker: Z. Grant-Knight, CHCS
Z. Grant-Knight previewed the final upcoming webinar in the learning series.
