Efforts To Expand Adult Day Care Programs Threatened By Recession-Driven Cuts

Kaiser Health News, in a story produced in collaboration with The Washington Post, reports on adult day care. It "may soon become harder to find and afford. The almost 4,000 state-licensed centers around the country rely heavily on funding from state legislatures and charities, which have been hit hard by the recession. Advocates for adult day-care programs are pushing to include them in federal health-care overhaul legislation while also lobbying state legislatures and suing state regulators to keep centers from shutting their doors" (12/2). Read entire story.

This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. ? Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.Efforts To Expand Adult Day Care Programs Threatened By Recession-Driven CutsOriginally from: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172829.php

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