231.64  Aging and disability resource center program.
  1.  The aging and disability resource center program shall be administered by the department consistent with the federal Act. The department shall designate participating entities to establish a coordinated system for providing all of the following:
  a.  Comprehensive information, referral, and assistance regarding the full range of available public and private long-term care programs, options, service providers, and resources within a community, including information on the availability of integrated long-term care.
  b.  Personal counseling to assist individuals in assessing their existing or anticipated long-term care needs and developing and implementing a plan for long-term care designed to meet their specific needs and circumstances. The plan for long-term care may include support with person-centered care transitions to assist consumers and family caregivers with transitions between home and care settings.
  c.  Consumer access to the range of publicly-supported long-term care programs for which consumers may be eligible, by serving as a convenient point of entry for such programs.
  2.  The aging and disability resource center program shall assist older individuals, persons with disabilities age eighteen or older, family caregivers, and people who inquire about or request assistance on behalf of members of these groups, as they seek long-term care services and supports.
2009 Acts, ch 23, §39; 2012 Acts, ch 1086, §14
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