Note
Part heading added by L 2007, c 93, §8.
Part heading amended by L 2017, c 102, §3.
Revision Note
Enacted as Part III, this Part was renumbered as Part II pursuant to §23G-15.
§349-15 Coordination and development of caregiver support services. The executive office on aging shall coordinate a statewide system of caregiver support services by, among other things:
(1) Integrating family caregiver support with the aging and disability resource center demonstration project;
(2) Analyzing the long-term care needs of older adults and the capacity of family and informal caregivers to help them remain safely at home;
(3) Advocating, mobilizing, and coordinating employer and community resources to enable and augment family caregiver support;
(4) Establishing and maintaining protocols and standards for federal and state caregiver services administered by state, county, or other local agencies on aging;
(5) Establishing and supervising the alignment of long-term care advocacy assistance staff caregiver support objectives with the planning, resource development, grants management, data management, and evaluation functions of the executive office on aging; and
(6) Coordinating statewide support for grandparents and other aging relative caregivers of children eighteen and under. [L 2006, c 262, §5]
Revision Note
Section codified pursuant to §23G-15.