Study Data from Human Services Research Institute Update Knowledge of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Using Nci-ad For Long-term Services And Supports Aging And Disability System Improvement): Aging Research – Geriatrics and Gerontology

2025 JAN 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in geriatrics and gerontology. According to news originating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “National Core Indicators Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD™), survey data support State Medicaid, aging, and disability agencies to conduct surveys with individuals receiving publicly-funded long-term services and supports and measure and track their own outcomes and performance using reliable data collection methods and tools.”

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from Human Services Research Institute: “Established in 2015, NCI-AD is now in use by 23 states nationwide. The NCI-AD portfolio includes the flagship survey - the Adult Consumer Survey (ACS) and the State of the Workforce-Aging and Disabilities (SotW-AD) survey. The ACS collects data directly from older adults and people with physical disabilities to assess the outcomes of services provided to individuals. Indicators address key areas of concern including service planning, rights, community inclusion, choice, health and care coordination, safety and relationships. In 2022, NCI-AD piloted the SotW-AD is a first of its kind for the aging and disabilities field, this new effort collects and aggregates statewide information about wages, benefits, and turnover of the direct service workforce-as reported by the agencies that employ them. This session will provide an overview of the NCI-AD program, the type of data collected from each survey, and how state-level and research partners have utilized the data sets.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Additionally, 18 NCI-AD measures are included in the newly released CMS HCBS Quality Measure Set. We will discuss how this impacts states, and potential ways that these and other measures will be implemented and used to support important aspects of services access and equity.”

For more information on this research see: Using Nci-ad For Long-term Services And Supports Aging And Disability System Improvement. Innovation in Aging, 2024,8(Supplement_1). (Innovation in Aging - https://academic.oup.com/innovateage). The publisher for Innovation in Aging is Oxford University Press (OUP).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.1941.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Stephanie Giordano, Human Services Research Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Additional authors for this research include Rosa Plasencia.

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