HB 2668-S - DIGEST |
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB) |
Requires boarding homes that provide respite care services to comply with the assessment and plan of care provisions of RCW 18.20.350. |
Provides that when a boarding home facility provides respite care, before or at the time of admission, the facility must obtain sufficient information to meet the individual's anticipated needs. |
Requires that agencies conducting family caregiver long-term care information and support services develop an evidence-based tailored caregiver assessment and referral tool and provide the option of a one-time voucher benefit per caregiver screened to meet the needs critical to health or safety of either the adult care recipient or the caregiver. |
Provides that the community based services for low-income eligible persons shall include long-term care planning and options counseling, information and crisis intervention, and streamlined assistance to access a wide array of public and private community-based services. |
Requires the department of health to develop a statewide fall prevention program to include networking community services, identifying service gaps, making affordable senior-based, evaluated exercise programs more available, providing consumer education to older adults, their adult children, and the community at large, and conducting professional education on fall risk identification and reduction. |
Requires additional support for residents in community settings who exhibit challenging behaviors that put them at risk for institutional placement. |
Establishes two seniors dental access projects. |