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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #106 |
| Pro-Active Care for Indigent People with Parkinson's Disease & Related Movement Disorders |
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| Requester: |
Sally Thimm |
Organization: |
Movement Disorders Society of Southwest Florida, Inc. |
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| Project Title: |
Pro-Active Care for Indigent People with Parkinson's Disease & Related Movement Disorders |
Date Submitted |
1/14/2003 2:18:29 PM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bennett, Carlton |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Through this program, the state will realize delayed nursing home admissions, families will be able to keep loved ones at home longer, thus saving the state an average of $40,000 per person annually, just by avoiding placement in a nursing home. |
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| Recipient: |
Movement Disorders Society of Southwest Florida, Inc. |
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Contact: |
Sally Thimm |
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126 E. Olympia Avenue, 2nd floor |
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Contact Phone: |
(941) 833-8312 |
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Punta Gorda 33950 |
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| Counties: |
Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee, Sarasota |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| This program would provide care for financially limited people challenged with Parkinson's Disease and/or related movement disorders, including people with spastic muscle tone, often seen following a stroke or other neurological injury. Specifically these people could be identified by caregiver, neighbor, or medical peovider as being unsafe alone in their home during the day, or requiring more assistance than their spouse or caregiver can provide on a daily basis, even if their limitation to be able to provide care would be "burn out" physically, mentally or both. The people challenged with the physical limitations would be involved in a supervised Adult Day Program, as well as receive Rehabilitation Services to maximize their ability to be independent in their home environment. By receiving supervised care and rehabilitation services to maximize independence, the caregiver would be given the support needed to help them in keeping their loved one at home. Hours of operation would be Monday-Wednesday-Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm. (Use of the requested funding would be calculated for the Adult Day Program at $6.50/hr. as is the current rate. Rehabilitation service provision would be calculated at $50.00/hr. For each recipient proving financial hardship, Adult Day Program would be limited to 1-2 times per week, and rehabilitation services would be limited to 1-2 times per week, taking care to provide services to as many people as possible - statistical use of the funds will be maintained internally and reported as requested.) |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| We will track these program participants associated with the following: 1. Their initial level of functional independence; 2. Improvements in their activities of daily living and safety awareness; 3. The caregiver's initial ability to care for their loved one; 4. The development of the caregiver's increased skills and tolerance to provide assistance to their loved one; 5. Number of clients that can continue to reside in their homes. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$50,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$50,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
1,000 affected persons in Charlotte County alone do not meet criteria for existing programs |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Charlotte County Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/03/2002 |
