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AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER
Project Overview
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) was created with
funding from the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid (CMS.) The three-year project will work to
integrate the Internet-based aging resources management information
system (Iowa Family Caregiver Program) with that of the developmental
disabilities information system (Iowa COMPASS.) It will also create
an interactive consumer-oriented website to support and expand the
"no wrong door" approach to accessing the long-term care system
for both the aging population and for persons with disabilities.
The Aging and Disability Resource Center project
work group, made up of representative of all populations served
by the Center, will guide the work of the project.
Expected outcomes of the project include:
- Empower individuals to make informed choices.
- Streamline access to long-term care support.
- Minimize consumer confusion.
- Enhance individual choice.
- Enable policy makers and program administrators to effectively
respond to individual need, address system problems, and limit
the unnecessary use of high-cost services.
All Iowans, especially older adults, caregivers, persons with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, now have easier access to local, state, and national resources through one comprehensive Web portal at www.LifeLongLinks.org. Learn more about the Web site contents and navigations at www.extension.iastate.edu/webcast/archive06.htm
For more information on the project contact Mary Anderson at mary.anderson@iowa.gov
or (515) 725-3346.
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