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Nevada's Aging and Disability Resource Centers
(ADRC) are still in the planning stages.
The Las Vegas site will tentatively open by July 2006.
ADRC Program Overview
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Three year grant sponsored jointly by the Administration
on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) |
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Awarded to the Nevada Division for Aging Services in
October 2005 |
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Provides citizen-centered "one-stop" entry
points into the long-term support system |
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Serves individuals in need of long-term support,
caregivers, and those planning for future long-term support needs |
ADRC Functions
| Awareness and Information
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| Information on long-term support options
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| Assistance
| Long-term support options counseling |
| Benefits counseling |
| Employment options counseling |
| Referral to other programs and benefits that can help people remain
in the community, including programs to assist in obtaining and
sustaining paid employment |
| Crisis intervention |
| Assistance in planning for future long-term support needs
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| Access
| Eligibility screening |
| Assistance in gaining access to long-term support services that may
be paid with private funds |
| Comprehensive assessment of long-term support needs and care
planning |
| Programmatic eligibility determination for long-term support
services, including the Medicaid long-term care level of care
determination |
| Medicaid financial eligibility determination that is wither
integrated or so closely coordinated with the ADRC that applicants
experience a seamless interaction |
| One-stop access to all public programs for community and
institutional long-term support services administered by the state under
Medicaid, Older Americans Act programs devoted to long-term support
services, and any other publicly funded services the state determines
should be accessed through the ADRCs |
For more information, please contact:
Robert Desruisseaux, ADRC Project Manager
(775) 688-2964 ext. 228
rdesruisseaux@aging.nv.gov
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