68-1116. Aging and disability resource centers; services.
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(1)The aging and disability resource centers shall be a means of promoting appropriate, effective, and efficient use of long-term care resources.
(2)Each aging and disability resource center shall provide one or more of the following services:
(a)Comprehensive information on the full range of available public and private long-term care programs, options, financing, service providers, and resources within a community, including information on the availability of integrated long-term care;
(b)Options counseling;
(c)Assistance in accessing and applying for public benefits programs;
(d)A convenient point of entry to the range of publicly supported long-term care programs for an eligible individual;
(e)A process for identifying unmet service needs in communities and developing recommendations to respond to those unmet needs;
(f)Facilitation of person-centered transition support to assure that an eligible individual is able to find the services and support that are most appropriate to his or her need;
(g)Mobility management to promote the appropriate use of public transportation services by a person who does not own or is unable to operate an automobile; and
(h)A home care provider registry that will provide a person who needs home care with the names of home care providers and information about his or her rights and responsibilities as a home care consumer.