A. Alex Levine
@adelealexandr
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PhD candidate in health services & policy research @BUSPH | researcher @TuftsCEVR | disability and aging policy & programs | they/them 🏳️⚧️
Boston, MA
Joined July 2018
thrilled to announce a paper acceptance! i've accepted this paper will not get written
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This is BAD #CripTheVote
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that makes it easier for authorities to compel treatment for people with mental illness or addiction issues.
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Proud of the new 2023 LTSS State Scorecard which measures states’ #LTC systems using 5 components: Affordability and Access; Choice of Setting and Provider; Safety & Quality; Support for Family #Caregivers; Community Integration. #LTSSscorecard
ltsschoices.aarp.org
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A few months in the making... & now finally ready: The Anti-Colonial Research Library hosts 400+ open-access articles and books, websites, YouTube videos on practical examples of Indigenous and anti-colonial research methodologies. Use and share widely!
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Variation in language services to those w/ #LimitedEnglishProficiency @commonwealthfnd: "Standardizing language access requirements at the federal level, while providing additional guidance and resources to increase efficiency in SBM operations..." Read:
commonwealthfund.org
There is significant variation across states in how they collect language data and provide language services to people with limited English proficiency.
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🚨Recap: A VERY disappointing outcome. The @NIMHD committee admitted to NOT include anyone with a disclosed disability, yet made a significant decision on behalf of our community - they did not recommend the 'health disparity designation' be given to people with disabilities.
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Interested in learning about how to integrate implementation science and practice into your aging research embedded within a health system? Join us October 4-6 in Charlotte, NC! @johnahartford @HAPFellows @WestHealth Register here: https://t.co/amEIa6tx7Y
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Join our upcoming webinar to learn how to evaluate home and community-based care programs to ensure that they do not perpetuate inequities resulting from systemic racism, ageism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. Register: https://t.co/NsxYUlxBmF
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Fourth in a series supported by @CHCFNews is our latest equity analysis on California’s In-home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program. We examine what aspects of the program either give rise to or can be used to address inequities.
justiceinaging.org
Justice in Aging used its equity framework to analyze California’s In-Home Supportive Services Program, the state’s largest Medi-Cal home and community-based services program.
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This week has been among the most horrifying in recent American legal history. Some of us can feel swallowed up by that horror. Incapacitated by it. And I think that, for a little while, it’s okay. If this sounds like you, here’s a bit from #CripNegativity that might be useful.
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Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds. https://t.co/rxH0zfciD1
@AGSJournal @DavidCGrabowski @McGarryBE #assistedliving
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"What if I told you that in my Indigenous community, Diné (Navajo) ancestral teachings of disability are a relational concept that embodies a sophisticated value system of care? " - Sandra Yellowhorse (IG @/the_yellow_sea_horse) https://t.co/pIZ4yRQf1f
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Indigeneity and Disability: The Teachings of our Ancestors and Being in Relation Towards Harmonious Outcomes Sandra Yellowhorse I have been journeying through life in relation to disa…
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Apply to the #LTSS interest group advisory committee! Amazing group of aging and disability researchers and advocates @AcademyHealth
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these include education, compliance with accessibility rules, and increasing accessibility of transportation/consent/information
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Alison Cernich shares enablers to transforming people with h disabilities' participation in research at #ARM2
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How do Medicaid & commercial plans cover mABs for #Alzheimers? Our @AcademyHealth #ARM23 poster, led by @adelealexandr, looked at coverage policies for #Aduhelm as an example. Full text in @alzdemjournals
https://t.co/XPBki2Attn
@jchambers241 @alzassociation #Leqembi
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Introduction Ever since the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aducanumab and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) restricted coverage for the drug, a crucial questi...
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Congratulations to Dr. @AkreEllesse on receiving a Best of ARM award for her work to create measures that capture how well primary care practices adopt processes that improve care for LGBTQ+, POC, and immigrant patients. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Canadian researchers, Drs. Tarzi, Mendoza @yonalunsky & @laurarstjohn surveyed families of people w intellectual & developmental #disabilities about their concerns for their family members in late 2020 & again in mid '22. Three consistent themes emerged. https://t.co/Pa5qukPUrp
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Attending #ARM23 in Seattle this June? Have an interest in #healthworkforce, #nursing, #ruralhealth or #LTSS topics? Join this exciting multi-IG party as part of our + @wwamirhrc anniversary celebration! https://t.co/pLuBP6jgIr
#IRGNI #AHWorkforceIG #AHLongTermIG
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Living in the southern US and looking to get involved in #disability action? Learn more about the work done by @DisabledSouth across 14 states at: https://t.co/MQJjIzIJtA
#IDGS #IncludingDisability #2023DisabilitySummit #HopePunk
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New Research: Applying an equity lens to assess context and implementation in public health and health services research and practice using the PRISM framework https://t.co/GZYPqO9ePL
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Dissemination and implementation science seeks to enhance the uptake, successful implementation, and sustainment of evidence-based programs and policies. Whi...
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