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Week of June 28, 2009
PA Governor Rendell Proposes Combination of Department of Aging and Office of Long-Term Living (PA Dept of Aging)

This change in state government would form a new entity – the Department of Aging and Long-Term Living – to provide a unified voice to Pennsylvanians over the age of 60 and adults with physical disabilities. Read more >>

The Office of Long-Term Living was established in 2007 to increase funding for home- and community-based services in Philadelphia. The office acts as a bridge between the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Department of Public Welfare, and works to rebalance the long-term living system by developing more options for people to stay in their communities instead of institutions. The office also helps nursing facilities retool to meet sweeping changes in the marketplace and consumer preferences for a more home-like environment.

 

In the past two years since this office has been in existence, home- and community-based services have grown by 10% and 5,000 people have left nursing facilities under the Governor’s nursing home transition program. For the first time, all state-funded community programs for those over the age of 60 and adults with physical disabilities are housed under one umbrella. Also for the first time, management of Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance nursing facility payment program is under that same umbrella.

 

The Governor’s proposal to formally combine the Office of Long-Term Living with the state's Department of Aging is in line with national trends; more than a dozen states have already consolidated their long-term living programs into a single state agency.

 

State Lottery funds will continue to be allocated to fund programs for people over the age of 60.

 

For more information on the PA Department of Aging, go to: www.aging.state.pa.us.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Quote of the Day

"We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
Bill Pullman, as "President Thomas Whitmore" in the 1996 film, "Independence Day."

PCA will be Closed on Friday, July 3 for the Independence Day Holiday. Have a nice weekend!

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Thursday, July 02, 2009

Top Headlines

Quote of the Day

“There’s a saying that you’re never too old to feel young, and boy, have older Americans today taken that one to heart.”
Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the PEW Research Center and principal author of "
Growing Old in America: Expectations vs. Reality ," quoted in the NYT .

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

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"Simply put, in the absence of a radical shift towards prevention and public health, we will not be successful in containing medical costs or improving the health of the American people."
President Barack Obama

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Quote of the Day

“I think that the secret to happiness is being surrounded by people you love and having work that you look forward to doing.”
Gale Storm, actress, died Saturday at age 87.

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Top Headlines

Quote of the Day

"What happened last week is that the health reform debate entered its next phase. The numbers are big because health care is big. The "shocker" would have been if it had been otherwise. Now the heavy lifting and the real compromising begin."
Drew Altman,
"Last Week's Health Reform "Shocker," (Kaiser Family Foundation, 6/25/09)

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