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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Older Adult Services Act, which was passed by | ||||||
| 3 | the General Assembly and approved by the Governor in 2004, | ||||||
| 4 | provides a planning mechanism for the overhaul of the State's | ||||||
| 5 | long term care system; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The establishment of a statewide enhanced | ||||||
| 7 | comprehensive care coordination system is a critical first step | ||||||
| 8 | in the overhaul of the long term services and care systems as | ||||||
| 9 | recommended in the Older Adult Services Report submitted in | ||||||
| 10 | January 2006; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Older adults and their families need the ability | ||||||
| 12 | to make informed choices about services to meet their needs in | ||||||
| 13 | the areas of physical health, function, mental health, home | ||||||
| 14 | environment, finance, and social and informal supports; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Key components are a standardized statewide | ||||||
| 16 | comprehensive assessment, care coordination, client follow-up, | ||||||
| 17 | flexible hours, and enhanced training; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Comprehensive assessment and ongoing care | ||||||
| 19 | coordination assists older adults in identifying these | ||||||
| 20 | holistic needs, provides them with information on and access to | ||||||
| 21 | the services to meet those needs, and results in comprehensive | ||||||
| 22 | care plans for their specific needs, thereby allowing older | ||||||
| 23 | adults to remain as independent as possible for as long as | ||||||
| 24 | possible; and
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| 25 | WHEREAS, The purpose of a comprehensive assessment is to | ||||||
| 26 | gather a complete picture of the older adult's needs and | ||||||
| 27 | strengths so that a care plan is developed that helps the older | ||||||
| 28 | adult and his or her family to problem-solve, make informed | ||||||
| 29 | choices, and remain as independent as possible; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The comprehensive assessment process will include | ||||||
| 2 | a face to face interview in the client's home that identifies | ||||||
| 3 | needs in new areas: physical health, mental health, | ||||||
| 4 | environment, and social and informal supports, in addition to | ||||||
| 5 | functional and financial information; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Once fully operational, the comprehensive care | ||||||
| 7 | coordination system would be backed up by a full array of home | ||||||
| 8 | and community based services; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The design of the enhanced care coordination | ||||||
| 10 | system would build upon the strengths and experiences of the | ||||||
| 11 | different case management structures currently operating in | ||||||
| 12 | Illinois and promising practices identified in other states; | ||||||
| 13 | and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Unmet service needs would be collected to assist | ||||||
| 15 | in the identification of priority service areas as defined in | ||||||
| 16 | the Older Adult Services Act and the development of new | ||||||
| 17 | services; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
| 20 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we do declare that it is in the best | ||||||
| 21 | interest of the older adults of Illinois and their family | ||||||
| 22 | caregivers that the existing case management system be | ||||||
| 23 | transformed into an enhanced comprehensive care coordination | ||||||
| 24 | system; and be it further
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| 25 | RESOLVED, That such an overhaul shall build on the | ||||||
| 26 | strengths and experience of the current case management system, | ||||||
| 27 | transforming the process from simply eligibility determination | ||||||
| 28 | to one that is holistic, client-focused, and consumer-directed | ||||||
| 29 | and that produces customized care plans; and be it further
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| 30 | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
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| 1 | Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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