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The Generations Project was established in 2001 to call attention to the dilemma facing Hoosiers with long term health care needs. A collaborative effort of leading consumer based organizations, The Project seeks to educate citizens, advocates, and policy makers about the opportunities for Hoosiers to implement a balanced and responsible long term care system.
Important editorial written by John Cardwell regarding crisis created by privatization of Indiana's public assistance eligibility released August 20, 2009.  Lessons From Home: The Recommendations of the Round Table Education Series on Long Term Care (2008) is a report on the findings of the Round Table Education Series hosted by The Generations Project. The series took place November 7th and 14th, and December 12th, 2007 in Indianapolis. Fifty citizens took part in three days of deliberations. Those discussions produced the forty four separate findings and recommendations in the Report. The full Lessons From Home (pdf) report is available as a free download.
The odds of Hoosiers having more and better home health care services in the future have received a significant boost from a Chicago based foundation. The Retirement Research Foundation has released a major grant to The Generations Project in Indianapolis. The grant will be used to educate and empower senior citizens and persons with disabilities regarding their home health and community based care options. Implementation of SEA 493:  Moving Forward - Senate Enrolled Act 493 & Long Term Care Rebalancing in Indianais a comprehensive evaluation of the provisions of SEA 493 and its implications for Indiana's long term care programs. For citizens and policy makers, the Moving Forward report provides a glimpse of what is possible if Indiana follows the road map laid out by 2003's SEA 493. The full Moving Forward report and an executive summary are available for free download. Sign up for long term care updates The Generations Project wants to keep you informed of new developments with Indiana's system of long term care with quarterly long term care updates. To sign up for these updates, send your email or postal address to The Generations Project staff. To see a sample of the most recent project update, click here. Many of the documents on this website appear in PDF format. These files can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available as a free download at:
Two brochures about Indiana's long term care system and the mission of The Generations Project are now available for you to read and print through links to PDF files below. |
Updates and Events November 2009
Photos from Lessons From Home Applied 2009 now available. |
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