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State wins grant to help people choose services

Email|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney November 14, 2007 02:44 PM

The state has won a three-year, $500,000 federal grants to help the elderly and people with disabilities or long-term illnesses choose their own care in the community, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services said.

Five agencies will work with individuals and their families to connect with services: the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, the Department of Mental Retardation, the Department of Mental Health, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

The state will also include more programs serving various cultural and ethnic populations in the Massachusetts Aging and Disability Information Locator.

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.