New Chronic Disease Self-Management Education and Falls Prevention Grantees

These 2017 CDSME grantees will reach about 38,000 older adults and adults with disabilities with evidence-based self-management programs, empowering them to better manage their chronic conditions.

New initiatives this year include grantees piloting physician and self-referral to the Chronic Pain Self-Management Program to address prescription opioid misuse and addiction; delivering an evidence-based CDSME intervention developed specifically for adults with disabilities (Living Well with a Disability); and developing an accreditation toolkit for Medicare's Diabetes Self-Management Training benefit.

The eight organizations receiving a combined $6.4 million in CDSME grants are:

AgeOptions (Oak Park, IL)
Big Sandy Health Care (Prestonsburg, KY)
Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley (Lawrence, MA)
Health Foundation of South Florida (Miami, FL)
Partners in Care Foundation (San Fernando, CA)
Rhode Island Department of Health (Providence, RI)
Utah Department of Health (Salt Lake City, UT)
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging (Madison, WI)

The 2017 Falls Prevention grantees will reach about 24,022 older adults and adults with disabilities with evidence-based falls prevention programs.

Grantees will develop new approaches to disseminate and sustain these programs, with a focus on underserved populations and regions. This year’s cohort includes multiple grantees developing and strengthening statewide hubs of falls prevention programs, as well as a regional hub that will reach four states.

The seven organizations receiving a combined $4.02 million in Falls Preventiongrants are: