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<section article="ghu" article_name="Human Services" number="10-1302" title_number="10" title_name="Department of Aging" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Long–term Care and Dementia Care Navigation Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, each area agency shall  develop a long–term care and dementia care navigation program that consists of new or existing services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>An area agency may staff the program from existing resources or hire an individual for the program.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Subject to the limitation of the funding provided to each area agency under § 10–1303 of this subtitle, each area agency shall implement the program developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the duties of the long–term care and dementia care navigation program include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>providing information and referrals to long–term care and chronic disease services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>providing cognitive  screening for individuals concerned with their cognition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>providing programs that engage individuals who demonstrate symptoms of dementia that interfere with activities of daily living, regular exercise, and social activities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>providing support for caregivers of individuals who demonstrate symptoms of dementia that interfere with activities of daily living;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>consulting with and providing technical assistance to area agency staff who interact with individuals with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>dementia diagnoses; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cognitive changes that may be associated with dementia; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>establishing relationships with health care providers to facilitate contact between health care providers and:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>individuals who demonstrate symptoms of dementia that interfere with activities of daily living; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>caregivers of individuals who demonstrate symptoms of dementia that interfere with activities of daily living.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The services provided under subsection (b) of this section shall be provided along with the services described in §§ 10–307 and 10–309 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
