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2006 Georgia Code - 49-6-71
49-6-71. The purpose of this article shall be to
establish a comprehensive caregiver program which will marshal and
integrate available resources and services to provide support and
services to caregivers of chronically dependent adults. This
article exists to coordinate assistance and maximize available
services while maintaining and supporting existing services for
caregivers. Such assistance may include: (1) Coordination and integration of information
and services to caregivers in Georgia, including, but not limited
to, insurance and benefits counseling, respite services available
under the community care services program, the state respite or
adult day-care program, or the Older Americans Act of 1965, as
amended, and coordination with educational and other services
offered by the caregiver resource center; (2) Assistance to the caregiver to assure that
supports to the functionally dependent older adult or adult
suffering from dementia are adequate and appropriate to maintain
these individuals in the home; (3) Intermittent, planned, or emergency relief
to the caregiver, either directly or through use of other available
resources and services; (4)
Restoration or maintenance of the caregiver´s
well-being; (5) Preservation
of the caregiver´s informal supports such as family and
friends; (6) Supportive
social services to the caregiver; and (7) Affordable services through a cost-sharing
mechanism developed by the Division of Aging Services of the
department for those families whose household incomes do not exceed
400 percent of the federal poverty level.
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