Pulling Together: Administrative and Budget Consolidation of State Long-Term Care Services

Article Publication Date:

3/3/2006

Summary:

Can agency consolidation bring about consistent policymaking and focus long term care services on persons with disabilities rather than on program providers? This AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper provides readers with an examination of a consolidated agency approach, by studying agency structure, reviewing the arguments for consolidation, and the barriers to achieving it. It also reviews several states accomplishing consolidation and a checklist of steps towards such a model.

Article Author:

Fox-Grage, Wendy; Coleman, Barbara; Milne, Dann

Topics:

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Types/Tools:

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers; Reports

Populations:

Aging/Older Adults; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities

Sources:

AARP Public Policy Institute

Programs/Initiatives:

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