July 2003

One-stop centers to provide info to seniors

You may want to monitor your state’s activities in developing new one-stop shopping centers for seniors and people with disabilities. They may provide you with an opportunity to provide patient education and chiropractic care to the elderly.

According to an announcement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, the federal government is offering states a new grant program to develop Aging and Disability Resource Centers to provide long-term care information to consumers. HHS is soliciting proposals from states to create such resource centers and will support as many as 16 such projects with grants of up to $800,000 per year for three years.

HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina Carbonell said, "These centers will serve as visible and trusted places where people can turn for information on the full range of long-term care options and assistance in accessing the options supported by public programs."

More information about the program is available at http://www.aoa.gov or www.cms.hhs.gov/newfreedom.

Source: Department of Health and Human Services

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