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Long-Term Care Reform: Legislative Efforts to Shift Care to the Community

12/20/2006 | Requests *

Summary

This report describes examples of more narrowly focused state legislation that is setting the policy and infrastructure for consumer direction, expanding the direct care workforce, and supporting persons who return to the community after living in institutions. The Appendix includes the specific legislative language of selected bills covered in the report.

Author

Folkemer, Donna; Barbara Coleman

Available Files

Policy Brief PDF (132K, 16 pages)

Keywords

Nursing Facility Transition; Medicaid; Independent Living; Personal Assistant; Long-Term care services and supports; Legislators; comprehensive rebalancing reform; systems change; direct care workforce; community living; long-term care reform; federal support; IowaCare; Family Care; PAS

Topic

Accessibility, Aging Issues, Children and Family Services, Long-Term Care, Mental Health, Money Follows the Person, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information, Workforce/Direct Care

Type/Tool

Legislation, Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Reports, Training materials

Source

ILRU

State

Iowa, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, All States/Territories

Date Created

12/20/2006

Contact

Sharon Finney

sfinney@bcm.tmc.edu

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1760

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