As we move through the holiday season, new challenges that people and organizations face include the heightened risk and probability of “bad actors”–people with criminal intention, organized crime groups, and state-sponsored groups–seeking to compromise people and organizations’ mobile phones, tablets, and systems to gain access to data and information.

In the midst of the holiday season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) delivered good news for residents of nursing homes across the country: Visitation is now allowed for all residents at all times.

Earlier this month, I was honored to chair the first Elder Justice Coordinating Council meeting of the Biden-Harris Administration.

A guest blog by Jackie Blaesi-Freed

It’s fitting that National Family Caregivers Month is celebrated at the same time as Thanksgiving. Last week, we paused as a nation to gather with our families and to give thanks for the good things in our lives.

In this Policy Round Up, you’ll find: Latest COVID-19 guidance  Comments needed: CMS interim final rule on vaccine requirements  From CMS: Two strategies for states to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs  Input Needed: Document on Addressing Voting Barriers for People with Disabilities

Like most states, the backbone of Alabama is countless individual women and men who wake up and go to work on most days. Yet, like many other states, too few Alabamians with disabilities have this same opportunity to work and earn a living making a meaningful contribution to the economy.

Every October, we join residents and staff of long-term care facilities, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs, families, and advocates to celebrate Residents’ Rights Month.