About Lakeland Care District

Mission Statement

The Lakeland Care District will:
Develop a Long-term Care District that builds on the strengths, knowledge, and experience of its member counties and other regional planning groups, with a goal to provide the highest quality services to its members in an efficient, accountable, cost-effective and individualized manner.

In developing the new district, planning committee members will abide by the following Planning Principles:

• To work as equal partners in the creation of a new organization, transcending the identity of any one of the participating organizations.
• To ensure cooperative and complementary long-term, positive working relationships with County Departments.
• To incorporate best practices in the administration, care-management, provision and evaluation of systems and services.
• To identify and incorporate continuous quality improvement in the initial planning and ongoing operation of the District.
• To involve all stakeholders affected by the Long-term care District including consumers, families, guardians, employees, providers, elected and appointed officials, advocates and the public, in open and factual two-way communication throughout the planning process and ongoing District operations.

Timeline:
Currently, planners hope to create the Lakeland Care District in late 2009, and begin serving members living in participating counties in 2010. State regulations prescribe procedures for members’ transition into the new district, expected to occur sometime in 2010 or 2011.