Blog entries by Bea Rector Bea Rector is the Director of the Home and Community Services (HCS) Division within the Aging and Long-Term Support Administration in Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services. She has held a number of leadership positions within the division responsible for planning and administering federal and state services for individuals with disabilities, older adults and their caregivers for twenty years. Prior to that, she spent the first ten years of her career at a large non-profit home care agency. Helping People Live at Home: Presuming Eligibility for Medicaid By: Susan Reinhard, Bea Rector, May 04, 2021 If there is one thing that our COVID-19 pandemic experience has taught us, it is that we should do all we can to avoid unwanted admissions to nursing facilities. It is true that some people want to go to... Washington States First of Its Kind Solution to Help People Pay for Long Term Services and Supports By: Bea Rector, September 25, 2020 As a result of the continual growth in our nation’s aging population, it is expected that 7 out of 10 older adults will at some point need help with daily living activities such as medication management, transportation, and meal preparation.... How Washington State Uses Already-Available Data to Evaluate Rebalancing of Long-Term Services and Supports By: Bea Rector, November 26, 2019 This blog is part of a series of posts being produced periodically in advance of the 2020 release of the next Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard. As the population ages and the number of people needing long-term services and... Washington State's Success with Long-Term Services and Supports By: Bea Rector, April 23, 2019 This blog is part of a series of posts being produced periodically in advance of the 2020 release of the next Long-Term Services and Supports State Scorecard. Washington State has consistently ranked among top-performing states in the AARP Long-Term Services...