231.3  State policy and objectives.

The general assembly declares that it is the policy of the state to work toward attainment of the following objectives for Iowa's elders:

1.  An adequate income in retirement.

2.  Access to physical and mental health care without regard to economic status.

3.  Suitable housing, appropriate to the special needs of older people.

4.  Full restorative services for those who require institutional care, and a comprehensive array of community- based, long-term care services adequate to sustain older people in their communities and, whenever possible, in their homes.

5.  Pursuit of meaningful activity within the widest range of civic, cultural, educational, recreational, and employment opportunities.

6.  Suitable community transportation systems to assist in the attainment of independent movement.

7.  Freedom, independence, and the free exercise of individual initiative in planning and managing their own lives.

Section History: Recent form

  86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1003

  C87, § 249D.3

  C93, § 231.3


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