SECTIONS 9660-9663 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 9660-9663

9660. There is in the California Department of Aging a senior
wellness program.

9661. (a) The senior wellness program shall have all of the
following functions:
(1) Focus on educating California's seniors, as well as
caregivers, families, and health care professions, about the
importance of living a healthy lifestyle, including, but not limited
to, nutrition, exercise, injury prevention, and mental well-being.
(2) Provide information on, and help California's culturally and
ethnically diverse seniors and adults with, functional impairments.
(3) Provide educational information on the resources and services
available for seniors from both private and public entities in
communities throughout the state and the area agencies on aging. The
educational material shall accommodate the diverse linguistic needs
of various populations in the state, including, but not limited to,
English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Braille.
(4) Promote education and training for professionals and
caregivers who work directly with seniors in order to maximize
wellness.
(5) Generate a cultural shift to a more positive vision and
expectation with respect to how aging is viewed by all Californians.
(6) Transform perceptions of aging into a more hopeful,
appreciative, and aspiring mode of being.
(7) Create a new culture that cherishes each of us, including the
population of older adults, adults with disabilities, our aging, our
ethnic and racial diversity, our becoming elders, and our maturity.
(8) Advance the recognition of the unique status, experience,
capacity, and role of seniors to become our models for guidance and
inspiration.
(9) Replace the image of seniors who are "self-interested" with an
image of seniors who are actively engaged and involved in their
communities.
(10) Promote and mobilize older adults and adults with
disabilities into emerging roles for the public benefit.
(11) Challenge the prevailing culture, to the extent that it
discounts the value of age.
(12) Rid our culture of the negative attitudes toward adults who
are aging and adults with disabilities.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 9663, state funds shall not be
appropriated for the purpose of implementing paragraphs (5) to (12),
inclusive, of subdivision (a), and the department is not required to
undertake implementation of those paragraphs, unless it receives
federal or private funds for that purpose.

9662. The department shall deliver, or provide for the delivery of,
senior wellness program information through a variety of means,
including, but not limited to, the Internet, radio, television, and
newspaper advertising, brochures, posters, and newsletters.

9663. This article shall be implemented only to the extent funds
are made available for the purposes of this article in the annual
Budget Act or another statute.