The trusted leader for senior living & home and community-based services

Session 1.6

Advancing Aging Services Through Activity Programming

and Supportive Services in Long-Term Care and

Senior Affordable Housing-Based Communities

James McCracken, MHA, LNHA

President and CEO

jmccracken@leadingagenjde.org

Meagan Glaser, MPAP

Vice President

mglaser@leadingagenjde.org

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Ivy Beck

Communications and Events Manager

ibeck@leadingagenjde.org

Dao Degnan, MSc, LEED AP + BC

Housing Consultant

J. David Weidner, MPH, REHS, MEP, CEM, CHEP

Director, Emergency Management

Theresa Edelstein, MPH, LNHA

Regulatory Consultant

Pete Thompson

Finance Coordinator

Meet the LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware Team:

Denis Miciletto

Value First Sales Liaison

Emma Bender

Membership Associate

ebender@leadingagenjde.org

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LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware: Advancing Aging Services

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Who We Are

LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware is a state partner of LeadingAge, the largest association of primarily not-for-profit, mission-driven senior care organizations.

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We create innovative solutions for our members’ challenges and are dedicated to advancing quality aging services in New Jersey & Delaware through advocacy, education, and fellowship.

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Our Impact

There is little that LeadingAge members do that doesn’t have a ripple effect on individuals, their families, providers, and communities. Together, our members touch over 4 million lives a day. With a passion and dedication for helping older people live and thrive wherever they call home, LeadingAge is the catalyst for innovation, providing creative approaches for new and needed services for older adults. LeadingAge inspires, serves, and advocates on behalf of today’s elders and for the future of aging services.

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The Trusted Voice for Aging

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For more information, please visit LeadingAgeNJDE.org

3705 Quakerbridge Rd

Suite 102

Hamilton, NJ 08916

(609) 452.1161

@LeadingAgeNJDE

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Our mission-driven members provide services and supports for older adults, with a focus on high quality, person- centered care.

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LeadingAge’s membership includes:

• 5,400 mission-driven organizations

that represent the full continuum of care, from housing and skilled nursing to home health, hospice and more

• 36 state partners

Hundreds of businesses, consumer groups, foundations, and research partners

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LeadingAge Members

LANJDE Providers

A snapshot of our Membership List

The Gables of West Windsor

Greenwood House

Harborview Apartments

Harriet Bryan House

Harrogate

Heath Village

Heritage Manor Nursing Home

Heritage at Whiting

Hidden Brook at Franklin

Hillcrest

Homestead at Harmony

Jefferson Chase

Jewish Federation Plaza

Jewish Home Assisted Living

Jewish Home at Rockleigh

Job Haines Home

Kinder Towers

Knoll View Communities

Lantern Hill

Laurel Circle

The Lena & David T. Wilentz Senior Residence

Lester Senior Housing Community

Lindenwold Towers

Lions Gate

Longview

Lutheran Senior LIFE at Jersey City

Lutheran Senior Residence at Pennsauken

Malcolm Towers

Manchester Pines

The Manor Health & Rehabilitation Center

The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence

Mary Campbell Center

Masonic Village at Burlington

Meadow Lakes

Meadowview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Medford Leas

Mirota Senior Residence

Monmouth Crossing Assisted Living

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Sommerville Senior Citizens Housing

South Orange B'nai B'rith Federation House

South Plainfield Senior Residence

South River Landing

Southgate Special Care

Springpoint Choice

Spruce Terrace

Stafford By the Bay

Stonebridge at Montgomery

Summerhill of Wayne

Trent Center East

Trent Center West

United Methodist Communities at Bishop Taylor

United Methodist Communities at Bristol Glen

United Methodist Communities at Collingswood

United Methodist Communities at Covenant Place

United Methodist Communities at HomeWorks

United Methodist Communities at Pineridge

United Methodist Communities at Pitman

United Methodist Communities at The Shores

United Methodist Communities at The Wesleyan

United Methodist Communities at Wesley by the Bay

The Village at Garwood

Village Point Rehabilitation and Healthcare

The Vista

VNA Health Group

WelbeHealth

Watchung Terrace

WelbeHealth

Westfield Senior Citizens Housing

Westminster Village

Wheaton Pointe at East Windsor

Wiley Mission

Willett Manor

Winchester Gardens

Woodland Valley Senior Citizens

The Woodlands at Ramsey

Woodmere Senior Citizens Housing

Yorkshire Place

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Acts Retirement Life Community at Cokesbury Village

Acts Retirement Life Community at Country House

Acts Retirement Life Community at Manor House

Acts Signature Hospice & Home Services

The Actors Fund Assisted Living; The Actors Fund Home

Alexian Manor

Allaire Crossing

Applewood

The Atrium at Navesink Harbor

Asbury Tower

Berry Gardens

Birchwood at Old Bridge Senior Apartments

BrightSide Manor

Butler Senior Community

Capital Health Assisted Living

Cedar Crest

Church Street Corporation

The Cliffs at Eagle Rock

Clymer Village

Countryside Meadows

Crane’s Mill CCRC

Cranford Senior Housing/Edward K. Gill Apartments

Crescent Park Senior Citizens Housing

Crestwood Manor

The Crossroads at Howell

Daughters of Miriam Center

Daughters of Israel

The David F. Bolger Post-Acute Care Unit

De La Salle Hall

Elm Court

Evergreen Court

The Evergreens

Fair Share Support Services

FellowshipLIFE

Fellowship Village

Friends Village

Friendship Gardens

Monroe Village

The Moorings at Lewes

Mt. Olive Manor

New Jersey Eastern Star Home, Inc.

New Jersey Fireman’s Home

New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland, Menlo Park, & Paramus

Oak Creek Village I & II

Oak Woods Senior Residence

The Oaks at Denville

The Oaks at Toms River

Parker Health Group, Inc.

Parker Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

Parker at Landing Lane

Parker at Monroe

Parker at River Road

Parker at Somerset

Parker at Stonegate

Parker at the Pavilion Adult Day Health Center

PeaceCare St. Ann’s

PeaceCare St. Joseph’s

Pines Village

Plainfield Tower West

Portland Pointe

Preakness Healthcare Center

Reformed Church Home

Region NINE Housing Corporation

Ridge Oak Senior Housing

Ridge Oak, II, Ridge Oak, III

Riverwalk Village at the House of the Good Shepherd

Robert Noble Manor

Saltzman House

Samuel Miller Housing Community

Seabrook

Senior Residence at St. Peter the Apostle

Siena Village of Wayne

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LeadingAge Delivers Top Quality:

Visit LeadingAge at LeadingAge.org

Advocacy

Our in-house staff and outside consultants specialize in very specific areas and are authorities in their fields, ahead of the curve on policy changes and influential issues.

Keep informed on all state & national updates with weekly e-newsletters and various subscriptions to topic and service specific information.

Cost Savings

Value First–a group purchasing organization (GPO) provides opportunities to save on your organization’s service and product needs.

Networking

Connect to state and national networks via our committees and roundtables, Peer Networking Groups, member networks, and Annual events.

Our educational programs are designed to meet the diverse needs of professionals in the field of aging.

Education

Information & News

New Jersey United for Older Adults�

• Eight new mission-driven senior housing and care communities
• Five senior affordable housing
• Two skilled nursing and adult day
• One assisted living residence
• 1,245 residents and staff supported

Our Impact

The Project

• Activity programming funding for each community
• Resident Interest Surveys
• Activity scheduling
• Activity Evaluations
• Full Membership Benefits to Support Community Staff

New Jersey United for Older Adults�

Resident Interest Surveys

New Jersey United for Older Adults�

New Jersey United for Older Adults�

Activity Evaluations

New Jersey United for Older Adults�

Participation and Engagement

• Activities including musical performance well attended and evaluated highly
• Activities including physical wellness well attended and additional activities requested
• 33% of residents indicated that they had a health problem that would inhibit their ability to participate

Needs and Trends

• Health problems preventing or limiting participation
• Assistance in learning how to use technology e.g. smart phones, laptops, and computers

Policy Advocacy

We advocate for our mission driven, aging services provider members collectively and individually. Our goal is to ensure that mission driven providers in our sector have a platform to express their challenges, priorities, and enact change at the Federal, State, County and Municipal levels. Our ongoing work with regulators and legislators is designed to advance quality care for our elders.

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View our Policy Platform

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LANJDE State Policy Accomplishments

• Increased tiered reimbursement rates for assisted living providers based on the percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries they serve and successfully advocated to codify them into law.
• Working to have the State clarify the difference between multifamily senior housing and residential health care facilities, due to rising insurance premiums (despite no new claims).
• Arranged for aging services providers (e.g. ALPs) to speak at the Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee hearing at the Statehouse and organized testimony before the Senate Health Committee.
• Advocated for low-income residents in affordable senior housing to be included in the Legislature’s SFY2024 StayNJ plan. An extra $250 for seniors was added under the ANCHOR program.   
• Conducted annual budget advocacy to increase reimbursement rates and met with legislators that sit on the Assembly & Senate Budget Committees and testified before the departmental budget hearings for both Health and Human Services.

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LANJDE State Policy Accomplishments

• Participates in a statewide workgroup in conjunction with the NJ Dept of Human Services that is in the process of developing and implementing a nursing home cost report-based rate setting system.
• LANJDE is currently working with Justice in Aging, AARP-NJ, and other partners to increase the asset limits for Medicaid to align with the asset threshold of the JACC program to $40,000.
• LANJDE members continue to face extreme challenges due to the workforce crisis; therefore, our association is very active in a number of statewide coalitions advocating for investments in workforce development, targeted specifically at the long-term care sector.
• Conducted site visits to NJ Life Plan Communities (CCRCs) to meet with state senators to educate them on the levels of care offered, how CCRC contracts are structured, and how entrance fees are returned.
• Provide guidance and support to the ALP coalition and advocate to increase awareness among policymakers and to support its expansion, as well as more specific issues concerning revising burdensome regulations, Medicaid gap payments, MCO credentialing, increasing the asset limit, etc.
• Part of policy-related statewide Workgroups, etc. focused on a range of issues from the Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program to Staffing Ratios to Digital Equity & Broadband Access and beyond.

Ways to Get Involved

Major Events and Meetings:

• Housing Happenings
• Regional HUD Calls
• Annual Meeting & Expo
• State Night Reception
• Annual Awards Program
• Golf Classic
• Public Policy Forum

Committees and Roundtables:

• Education Committee
• Policy & Advocacy Committee
• Finance Committee
• HR Roundtable
• Housing Roundtable

Additional Resources:

• Virtual Senior Center
• LeadingAge Insights
• Newsletters and Listservs
• Publications
• Networking
• Technical Assistance
• Business Partner Tools

Check out all of our upcoming events on our web calendar!

CONNECT WITH US

CONNECT WITH US

@LeadingAgeNJDE

email: info@leadingagenjde.org

phone: 609-452-1161

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Visit our website to view our Board of Trustees as well as our members and partners in our online Membership Directory