Adam Butler
Adam Butler is the Community Outreach Manager at Care Improvement Plus for the state of Georgia
  
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The Georgia Gerontology Society has been a tradition for professionals in aging since 1955
as a membership organization of people with a common interest in the field of aging.  
  
Our Mission Statement promotes quality leadership in aging for the benefit of
older Georgians and their families.
 

  Welcome Letter (PDF)
    -  from Pamela Rogers, GGS President

 

 

 

Legislative Update
 

  

On August 24, 2011, the Department of Human Services Board held a teleconference to vote and approve the final Departmental budgets for Fiscal Year 2012 Amended and Fiscal Year 2013.

The budget presented included the mandated 2% Department-wide cut. Medicaid services were exempted by the Governor. Originally the DHS Commissioner had requested that Aging Services also project a 4% cut so that the Department of Family and Children Services could be protected, he did not stick with the 4% request and ultimately Aging Services was only asked to take the 2% reduction.
 

Of the $2,013,121 being cut from the Department of Human Services budget, Aging Services is taking 40% of the cut as follows:

Elder Community Living Services will be losing $808,415. The cuts will come from the following services:

Center for Visually Impaired $177,859 which cancels the entire contract but does not impact MOE

Alzheimer Services $225,000 which amounts to an estimated loss of $20,500 hours of day and mobile care

Home and Community Based Respite Services $405,556 which amounts to an estimated loss of $40,556 units of respite care services.
 

The cuts to the Alzheimer and Respite Service Programs have an impact on the Older Americans Act MOE but the cuts do not take it below the minimum.

 

For more information on 2011 DHS Budget Reductions at a Glance click here.

We encourage you to contact your legislators so that these funds can once again be restored. These services have been threatened before and with advocacy efforts we were able to restore these funds in the budget last year.

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Conferences:
2012 GGS Annual Conference--
"Enjoying the High
Tides of Life:  Sailing the Waves to Dynamic Aging"
August 13-15, 2012
Sea Palms Resort
St. Simon's Island, GA
for information and registration

2012 Spring Workshop--
Palliative Care:
Bringing the Pieces Together
March 16, 2012
Medical Center of Central GA
Macon, GA
http://palliativecareconference.eventbrite.com
 

EVENT:
Be There 4 Seniors Rally
Capitol Steps-Washington St.
Thursday, January 26, 11 am
details...

EVENT:
2011 GGS Annual Conference
September 19-21, 2011
UGA Conference Center
Athens, GA
click on Photos on this page for photos from past conferences

EVENT:
2010 NASUAD/GGS
Home and Community Based Services Conference
September 26-29, 2010
awards luncheon photos here
HCBS highlights here

EVENT:
Coalition of Advocates for Georgia's Elderly
(CO-AGE) meetings
details...

Georgia Fund for Children and Elderly:
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Georgia Geriatric Education Center:
providing geriatric education to Georgia's healthcare professionals
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