135.171 - ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SERVICE NEEDS.
135.171 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SERVICE NEEDS.
1. The department shall regularly analyze Iowa's population by
county and age to determine the existing service utilization and
future service needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and similar
forms of irreversible dementia. The analysis shall also address the
availability of existing caregiver services for such needs and the
appropriate service level for the future.
2. The department shall modify its community needs assessment
activities to include questions to identify and quantify the numbers
of persons with Alzheimer's disease and similar forms of irreversible
dementia at the community level.
3. The department shall collect data on the numbers of persons
demonstrating combative behavior related to Alzheimer's disease and
similar forms of irreversible dementia. The department shall also
collect data on the number of physicians and geropsychiatric units
available in the state to provide treatment and services to such
persons. Health care facilities that serve such persons shall
provide information to the department for the purposes of the data
collection required by this subsection.
4. The department's implementation of the requirements of this
section shall be limited to the extent of the funding appropriated or
otherwise made available for the requirements. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1140, §1
See also § 231.62