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2006 Georgia Code - 49-6-3
49-6-3. Without limiting the foregoing, the department
is authorized to: (1) Promote
the health of and medical services for the aging in working with
professional associations, hospitals, and institutions;
(2) Promote the rehabilitation of
incapacitated older persons; (3) Establish a state-wide coordinated program
with participation of employers, employee´s organizations,
and state and local agencies to promote greater and more suitable
employment opportunities for older persons; (4) Establish a program of research and
education on housing of the aged by either public or private means
as well as by the establishment of self-sustaining cooperative
dwelling projects for aging persons; (5) Plan and promote recreational facilities for
the aging; (6) Develop a
program of adult education designed for older persons on subjects
of particular concern to them; (7) Encourage the further research in the
colleges and universities of the state on problems of the
aging; (8) Encourage training
of personnel to handle problems of the aging; (9) Promote community education in the problems
of older people through institutes, publications, radio,
television, and the press; (10) Provide consultation to communities and
groups developing state-wide or local services for older
people; (11) Provide
consultation to the various departments of state government
concerning matters relating to the aging; (12) Inquire into and make recommendations to
the appropriate agencies, public or private, on any matter
affecting the behavior, care, or welfare of the aging;
(13) Enlist the aid of public and
private agencies concerned with the welfare of the aging; and study
and report on the functions and facilities of governmental agencies
and institutions charged with the care, control, protection, and
rehabilitation of the aging; (14) Serve as a communications clearing-house
for information in the large and complex fields of human
relationship in respect to aging; (15) Conduct or participate financially in
conducting demonstration projects with counties, municipalities, or
public or private agencies concerned with problems of the
aging; (16) Do any other
thing it deems necessary to promote the health and well-being of
the aging citizens of this state not inconsistent with the purposes
of this article or the public policies of this state; and
(17) Appoint such committees, on a
nonpay basis, as it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes
of this article.
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