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| Documents Provided by Tennessee |
| Background |
| ADRC Name |
Tennessee Aging and Disability Resource Connection |
| ADRC Web site |
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| Lead Agency |
Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability |
| Year of Federal Grant Award (If Applicable) |
2005 |
| State Contact |
Ryan Ellis
ADRC Project Manager
TCAD
(615) 741-2056
ryan.j.ellis@state.tn.us |
| State Contact (2) |
Cynthia Minnick
TCAD
615-741-2056 x161
Cynthia.minnick@tn.gov |
| Program Sites |
| First Tennessee ADRC (8 NE Counties) |
Rita Hunter, ADRC Specialist, First Tennessee Development District, Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD), (423) 928-0224 or rhunter@ftaaad.org |
| Greater Nashville ADRC (13 Central Counties) |
Jane E. Young, ADRC Coordinator, Greater Nashville Regional Council, Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD), (615) 862-8828 or jyoung@gnrc.org |
| Southeast Tennessee ADRC |
Steve Witt, Director
Southeast TN Dev. District,423-266-5781 or
stevew@sedev.org |
| Upper Cumberland ADRC |
Judy C. Roberson, Director
Upper Cumberland Dev. District, 931-432-4111 or jroberson@ucdd.org |
| South Central Tennessee ADRC |
Joe Evans, Aging Prog. Director
South Central TN Dev. District, 931-381-2040 or jevans@sctdd.org |
| East Tennessee ADRC |
Aaron Bradley, Administrator
East TN Human Resource Agency, 865-691-2551 ext. 4216 or abradley@ethra.org |
| Southwest Tennessee ADRC |
Wanda C. Simmons, Director
Southwest TN Dev. District, 731-668-7112
or wsimmons@swtdd.org
731-587-4213 |
| Northwest Tennessee ADRC |
Susan Hill, Director
Northwest Dev. District
731-587-4213
or
susan.hill@nwtdd.org |
| Aging Commission of the Mid-South ADRC |
AGING COMMISSION OF THE MID-SOUTH AAAD
901-222-4100
or dora.ivey@agingcommission.org |
| Program Design |
| Overall Model |
Tennessee's ADRCs will serve as a "one-stop", single entry points for providing consumers easy access to information, counseling, assistance, and linkages to a wide range of long-term support services and living options throughout the state. The ADRCs will work with consumers to make informed decisions, and either make arrangements for the services needed, or make connections with the service provider to limit the need for the consumer to go elsewhere or duplicate their efforts. Web site enhancements are planned, including a Web-based resource directory. Tennessee will ensure ADRC concepts and functions are embedded in the state's long term care system by coordinating staff, technology, partnerships, marketing, evaluation and accomplishing the project goals and objectives. |
| Target Populations |
Persons age 60+ and adults (age 21+) with physical disabilities |
| Streamlining Access Plans |
The intake, assessment and case management for the "Options for Community Living" Program (Options) and the Statewide HCBS Waiver have been conducted at the local level at the 9 Area Agencies on Aging and Disability across the state. The ADRCs will move towards a more coordinated single entry and delivery system for home and community services for the target populations. The ADRCs will also work to improve links with health and social services providers through methods such as improved Web sites, databases, and referral forms. The ADRCs will provider wider access by expanding beyond their physical locations and establishing electronic connections to other areas of the district. Efforts will also focus on co-locating as many key services as possible within the ADRCs, or enabling other agencies' functions to be transmitted electronically to the ADRCs to complete the consumer's intake. |
| Program Expansion and Sustainability |
Tennessee plans on building on the existing ADRC project to create fully functioning ADRCs in all nine regions of the state. |
| Options Counseling |
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| Care Transitions |
As of October 2010, Tennessee, a 2010 AoA Care Transitions grantee, had two ADRCs actively conducting care transitions activities, one indentified using the Care Transitions Intervention. |
| Evaluation and Quality Improvement |
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