Subject to available funding, the department, in conjunction with other state, local, and private agencies and organizations, shall identify and may provide for older Montanans, in addition to existing services:
- (1) a directory of available services;
- (2) transportation that provides access to services;
- (3) housing, nutrition, education, homemaker, escort, respite, hospice, and other programs that facilitate self-care;
- (4) physical and mental health care, including inpatient and outpatient services, screening, appliances and supplies, and home health care;
- (5) placement in adult day care, foster care, personal care, supervisory care, and nursing homes;
- (6) protective advocacy and legal programs;
- (7) job training, job development, and income maintenance;
- (8) adult education; and
- (9) training and research in aging.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 67, L. 1987; Sec. 53-5-704, MCA 1989; redes. 52-3-504 by Code Commissioner, 1991; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 435, L. 1999.