Long-Term Care Plan Could "Blast" LA Into 21st Century
NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 20, 2004 --A plan to revamp Louisiana's long-term care services centers around moving from institutions and toward more community-based supports.
Department of Health and Hospitals Deputy Secretary Raymond Jetson presented the 22-page plan to Governor Kathleen Blanco's Health Care Reform Panel on Thursday. The proposal reportedly includes increasing money to community and in-home services for seniors and people with disabilities, along with speeding up the down-sizing of institutions that house people with developmental disabilities, here called "developmental centers".