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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, There are more than 20,000 family caregivers age |
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| 60 and over providing in-home and financial support to adult |
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| children with developmental disabilities in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, It is projected that this number will increase |
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| each year due to major changes in the age composition of the |
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| nation's population because of lower birth rates, increased |
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| longevity, and overall improved health status; and
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| WHEREAS, It is projected that most individuals with |
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| developmental disabilities will have a life expectancy typical |
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| of other individuals, and many of them will reside with parents |
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| and other relatives in their own homes instead of in |
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| institutions; and
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| WHEREAS, These older family caregivers are providing a |
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| significant amount of in-home and financial support to their |
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| children with developmental disabilities, and many of these |
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| older family caregivers will soon be or are currently aging |
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| beyond their capacity to provide care to their adult children |
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| with developmental disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Studies have documented the need to locate, |
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| inform, and encourage these older family caregivers to accept |
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| services provided by both the aging and the disability |
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| networks; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United |
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| States Congress to amend the federal Older Americans Act to |
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| include older family caregivers of adult children with |
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| developmental disabilities as an eligible population to be |
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| served by the National Family Caregiver Support Program; and be |
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| it further
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