Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965: (1) to require the Council on Aging to undertake a study to make a full assessment of the adequacy of current manpower supplies and training in the noninstitutional long-term care field and the adequacy of current programs in the noninstitutional long-term care field; and (2) to make grants to support the development of comprehensive, coordinated systems of community long-term care for older persons.
Requires such grants to be used for the development of programs which provide a full range of services designed to support alternatives to institutional living. States that such services may include but are not limited to: (1) adult day health; (2) individual assessment of need; (3) supported living in nonprofit housing; (4) family respite services; (5) preventive health services; (6) rehabilitative and in-home services; and (7) geriatric health maintenance organizations.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.
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