Long-Term Care - Illinois General Assembly

•"Encourage nursing homes to convert structures and adapt progressive practices to
accommodate current needs of frail and disabled populations.
• Assisted living;
• Adult day services;
• Single bed rooms;
• Recreation and rehabilitation care enhancements;
• Independent living accommodations; and
• Pioneer movement, offering residents control over their daily routines.
•Assist nursing home residents who express a desire to leave the home to move to more
independent housing.
• Develop programs based on successful models throughout country.
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Short-term retention of Social Security payments.
Case coordination assists seniors and family caregivers.
• Encourage development of affordable housing options for seniors throughout state.
• Expand affordable assisted living opportunities.
•Expand comprehensive delivery systems that integrate acute and chronic care and
demonstrate cost savings compared to existing fee-for-service models.
• Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).
• Social HMOs.
• New integrated delivery system models.
•Develop coordinated information, referral, and entry resources (single point of entry) for all
long-term care services available in a community.
• Identify existing models of cost effective information, referral, counseling, and entry to
various financing and service delivery options. May include:
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Expand role of Case Coordination Unit to cover all long-term care options.
≡ Significantly improve access to and information available from existing telephone
hotlines, assuring access during days, evenings, and weekends.
≡ Integrate services available from Area Agencies on Aging with other designated
entry points.
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Greatly increase efforts to inform families and seniors of resources.
Increase use of automated programs to ascertain benefits and eligibility information.
• Coordinate government eligibility to facilitate application process.
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