Tag: long-term care

Joint Finance Committee files FY 2025 Operating Budget bill, one-time supplemental spending plan

Members of the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday introduced a $6.1 billion operating budget bill for Fiscal Year 2025 that upholds the Delaware General Assembly’s commitment to state workers and retirees, while making new investments in Delaware’s public schools and other critical programs that support some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. […]

Sen. Mantzavinos, Rep. Johnson file bills to enhance oversight, strengthen workforce of long-term care facilities

Families would have greater assurance that long-term care facilities in the First State are operating at the highest standards under a package of bills introduced in the General Assembly this week. […]

ADVISORY: Newly formed Caucus on Aging to hold inaugural meeting Thursday

Sen. Spiros Mantzavinos and Rep. Kendra Johnson have announced the formation of the Caucus on Aging, a bipartisan forum that will meet regularly to discuss issues affecting the continuum of care available to seniors and their caregivers in the First State. […]

Sen. Mantzavinos sponsors bills to bolster standards for long-term care facilities

DOVER — Delaware’s aging population is growing, with projections from the 2020 Census and other sources forecasting that one in four Delawareans will be 65 or older by the year 2050. To address the impact of this population shift on […]