May 14, 2026

News and resources tailored to our senior services community, including relevant reports, educational opportunities, policy updates and more.

Your Network at Work

Transforming Together Cohort Starts with Lived Experience

The people most affected by a system usually know the most about how to fix it. At Lutheran Services in America, we are building the capacity to act on that.

NATIONAL NEWS

The Silver Exit: The Economic Impact of a Shrinking U.S. Workforce (Implan)

Federal legislation would provide retirement compensation to unpaid family caregivers (McKnights Senior Living)

Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services Rebalancing Is Concentrated in Large Urban Areas (JAMDA)

RESOURCES

Assessment Tool: Strategic Planning for AI in Senior Living (Parasol Alliance)

Research Letter: Improving Care for Homebound Older Adults: Insights from the National Home-Based Primary Care Learning Network (JAHM)

Case Study: Making the Case for Age-Friendly Medicare Advantage Plans (Institute for Healthcare Improvement)

Capitol Conversations

Reconciliation 3.0 and What’s Further at Stake for Medicaid

May 21, 2026 | 1–2 p.m. ET

Join us on May 21 to discuss Congressional efforts related to a third round of budget reconciliation and what it might mean for Medicaid. We’ll explore the likelihood of any further action as the House presses forward with the midterm elections also in sight.

We will also hear from your Lutheran Services in America network peers about what they are doing to protect and strengthen Medicaid in their respective states and districts.

Save your spot by registering today!

REGISTER

For more information, please contact Sarah Dobson or Bill Kallestad.

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT

Select Rehabilitation is the leading provider of contract rehabilitation services and your single source for clinical, regulatory & reimbursement expertise—providing PT, OT & ST. Now, Select Rehab brings you LIFE – our therapy and wellness programs for today’s senior living communities. Select has on-site therapy staff, customized wellness programs, “Living the Good Life with Dementia” memory care program, as well as state of the art technology such as VSTBalance & Mynd Immersive. VSTBalance utilizes Artificial Intelligence to objectively identify and improve deficits in balance, gait and function – the three main indicators of fall-risk. Mynd Immersive engages residents in Virtual Reality experiences to foster physical, cognitive, and mental wellness. LIFE by Select Rehab allows your residents to live LIFE to its fullest. Contact Shelley Wisnowski for more information!

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