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<br /> RESOLUTION NO. 6285-88 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Gazzana,
<br /> George, Graham, Wendling
<br /> AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor and
<br /> Lakewood City Council, for and on behalf of the City of Lakewood, to help
<br /> bring PASSPORT, designed to slow the growth in Medicaid nursing home
<br /> spending by providing an alternative to nursing home care by serving
<br /> low-income, chronically-impaired seniors in their homes, to Cuyahoga
<br /> County.
<br /> WHEREAS, the elderly population is the fastest growing
<br /> population in Ohio, the greatest growth occurring in persons age 75 and
<br /> over,
<br /> WHEREAS, the 75 and over population suffers from increased
<br /> chronic illnesses and 40% of the persons in this age group are categorized
<br /> as frail and impaired,
<br /> WHEREAS, an effective system of long-term care for older persons
<br /> requires a continuum of services, including quality nursing home care for
<br /> those who live in this setting and quality community-based alternatives,
<br /> WHEREAS, the Ohio Department on Aging has reported that Ohio
<br /> spends over 600 million dollars a year an nursing home care for those who
<br /> cannot afford to pay, but spends only 60 million dollars a year on home
<br /> care,
<br /> WHEREAS, Ohio has established the PASSPORT Program to serve
<br /> low-income older persons in their home and to slow the growth in Medicaid
<br /> nursing home spending,
<br /> WHEREAS, the Ohio Department on Aging reports that in 1987 the
<br /> average monthly cost to Medicaid for care in a nursing home was $1,537 a
<br /> month and the average cost of care in the community under the PASSPORT
<br /> Program ranged from $390 to $490 a month,
<br /> WHEREAS, in Cuyahoga County 25 percent of the 65 and over
<br /> population are below the poverty level and limited long-care ogtions short
<br /> of institutionalization exist for poor chronically impaired older persons,
<br /> WHEREAS, Cuyahoga County has the largest older population of
<br /> Ohio's 88 counties with an estimated 200,000 persons age 65 and over and
<br /> approximately 80,000 persons age 75 and over,
<br /> WHEREAS, PASSPORT is currently operational in 12 Ohio counties
<br /> (Champaign, Darke, Franklin, Hamilton, Logan, Madison, Miami, Portage,
<br /> Preble, Shelby, Summit and Union) BUT NOT YET AVAILABLE IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY;
<br /> now, therefore,
<br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:
<br /> Section 1. That the Mayor and Lakewood City Council, for and on
<br /> behalf of the City of Lakewood, help bring PASSPORT to Cuyahoga County by
<br /> any and all possible efforts in this direction.
<br /> Section 2. That the Mayor and Lakewood City Council supports
<br /> the PASSPORT Program and strongly urges Ohio to increase funding for
<br /> PASSPORT sufficient enough to enable the program to be established in
<br /> Cuyahoga County.
<br /> Section 3. That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an
<br /> emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof, and
<br /> provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members
<br /> elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon
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