Description:
The Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources (BADR) is responsible for the development of policy and the management of programs that serve persons who are elderly, persons with physical disabilities, persons who are blind or visually impaired, persons who are deaf, hard-of-hearing or Deaf-Blind, persons in need of adult protective services and persons who need or receive information about or access to community-based long-term support through an Aging and Disability Resource Center. BADR carries out its responsibilities under contracts with multiple federal agencies in a way that actively promotes individual choice, dignity, relationships, overall health, community participation, self-sufficiency and respect. BADR works closely with other units of the Department of Health Services to implement the long-term care reform proposals that utilize the aging and disability resource centers (ADRCs) as single points of entry.