71-2-604 - Assessment and recommendations. - Tennessee Statutes

71-2-604. Assessment and recommendations.

The TADTF shall include an examination of the following in its assessment and recommendations:

     (1)  Trends in state Alzheimer's population and needs, including the changing population with dementia, including, but not limited to the:

          (A)  State role in long-term care, family caregiver support, and assistance to persons with early-stage and early-onset Alzheimer's; and

          (B)  State policy regarding persons with Alzheimer's and developmental disabilities;

     (2)  Existing services, resources, and capacity, including, but not limited to, the:

          (A)  Type, cost and availability of dementia services;

          (B)  Dementia-specific training requirements for long-term care staff;

          (C)  Quality care measures for residential care facilities;

          (D)  Capacity of public safety and law enforcement to respond to persons with Alzheimer's;

          (E)  Availability of home-based and community-based resources for persons with Alzheimer's and respite care to assist families;

          (F)  Inventory of long-term care dementia care units;

          (G)  Adequacy and appropriateness of geriatric-psychiatric units for persons with behavioral disorders associated with Alzheimer's and related dementia;

          (H)  Assisted living residential options for persons with dementia; and

          (I)  State support of Alzheimer's research through universities and other resources; and

     (3)  Needed state policies or responses, including, but not limited to, directions for the provision of clear and coordinated services and supports to persons and families living with Alzheimer's and related disorders and strategies to address any identified gaps in services.

[Acts 2007, ch. 566, § 4.]