The Office of Legislative Research writes nonpartisan reports for legislators on various topics. Recent reports related to the Committee on Aging’s subject areas include:

State Programs for Older Adults – 2023-R-0157

Enforcement and Penalties for Nursing Home Negligence – 2023-R-0132

State and Federal Programs for Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease – 2023-R-0011

Issue Brief: Connecticut’s Assisted Living Facility Regulations – 2022-R-0269

2022 Acts Affecting Seniors – 2022-R-0118

Issue Brief: COVID-19 and Connecticut Long-Term Care Facilities – 2020-R-0320

COVID-19 Executive Orders Affecting Older Adults – 2020-R-0184

Assisted Living Facility Regulation – 2020-R-0165

Assisted Living Facility Staffing Requirements – 2020-R-0067

Connecticut COVID-19 Recovery Facilities – 2020-R-0157

State agencies

Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity

Dept. of Aging and Disability Services

Dept. of Aging and Disability Services’ Long Term Care Ombudsman Program

 

State boards, commissions, and task forces

Connecticut Long-Term Care Planning Committee

Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care

Long-Term Care Advisory Council

 

Federal government

Administration for Community Living – includes the Administration on Aging

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics

National Institute on Aging

 

Other organizations

Connecticut Area Agencies on Aging

National Council on Aging

The Gerontological Society of America

American Geriatrics Society

The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University

American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging

National Adult Protective Services Association

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

 

Other online resources

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services program statistics

Connecticut law about grandparents’ rights – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries

Connecticut law about elder abuse – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries

Connecticut law about elderly tax credits – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries

Connecticut law about powers of attorney – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries

Dept. of Social Services protective services for the elderly

Guide to elder law from CTLawHelp, a group of nonprofit legal services organizations in Connecticut

Guide to the Older Americans Act from the Administration for Community Living – summarizes the 1965 act and its most recent reauthorization in 2016.

Healthy Aging website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – includes links to data and reports.

My Place CT, Dept. of Social Services website with information on long-term care

White House Conference on Aging final report (2015)

Elder Law Journal – University of Illinois College of Law; access through HeinOnline from anywhere with a Connecticut State Library card, or through Westlaw.

Health Affairs – Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation; print subscription.

Marquette Benefits & Social Welfare Law Review – Marquette University Law School; access through HeinOnline from anywhere with a Connecticut State Library card, or through Westlaw.

NAELA Journal – National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; access through Westlaw.

National Academies Press publications on aging. Legislative Library subscription; see librarian.

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging – from the University of Michigan

NCSL Disability Employment Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures and the U.S. Dept. of Labor. Tracks legislation from 2016-present.

NCSL Injury Prevention Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Tracks legislation from 2015-present.

NCSL Pensions and Retirement Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Tracks legislation from 2012-present.

NCSL Traffic Safety Legislation Database – from the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Tracks legislation from 2007-present.

Social Science Database – from ProQuest: “Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, communication, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.” Access from anywhere with a Connecticut State Library card.

Please note this is not an exhaustive list. Contact the library for these and other reports.

Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity annual report – pursuant to CGS 2-128(b)

Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders annual report – pursuant to CGS 17b-342(g)

Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care annual progress report – pursuant to CGS 17b-254

Emergency generators in certain housing for the elderlyEmergency generators in certain housing for the elderly – by the Commission on Women, Children and Seniors; pursuant to PA 16-3 s.176 May

Homemaker Companion Task Force final reportHomemaker Companion Task Force final report – pursuant to SA 22-12

Long-term care plan – triennial report by the Long-Term Care Planning Committee; pursuant to CGS 17b-337(e)

Number of persons receiving long-term care services and supports in the community and number of persons receiving long-term care services and supports in institutions – annual report by the Long-Term Care Planning Committee; pursuant to CGS 17b-337(d)

Nursing Home Financial Advisory Committee annual report – pursuant to CGS 17b-339(c)

Patient bill of rights for long-term care residentsPatient bill of rights for long-term care residents – by the Dept. of Public Health and Dept. of Social Services; pursuant to SA 17-14

Report of adjusted payments regarding Connecticut programs of tax relief for elderly homeowners and grants to elderly renters – annual report by the Office of Policy and Management; pursuant to CGS 12-170bb

Senior Centers Task Force reportSenior Centers Task Force report – pursuant to SA 16-7

Senior Fraud Task Force preliminary reportSenior Fraud Task Force preliminary report – pursuant to PA 21-84 s.2

Statewide Senior Center Workgroup reportStatewide Senior Center Workgroup report – pursuant to PA 21-7

Task Force to Study the Zoning of Temporary Health Care Structures final reportTask Force to Study the Zoning of Temporary Health Care Structures final report – pursuant to SA 16-5

For OLR Reports and other materials related to the Committee on Aging’s work, index headings include:

Elderly
Elderly Abuse
Housing – Elderly
Nursing Homes
Nutrition
Tax Exemptions – Elderly

The library assigns topical index headings to all OLR Reports and keeps hard copies of the reports organized by these index headings. Reports from 1994 to the present are in the library’s file cabinets (aka the “vertical files”) in the red-tabbed folders, as well as online in full text. Older reports are in two sets of bound volumes (one set for the 1970s, and one for 1980-1993) on the library’s shelves.

The same index headings the library uses for OLR Reports have been used to organize over 600 subject files of materials such as newspaper clippings, court decisions, press releases, pamphlets, and other resources that would be more difficult to locate if they were dispersed throughout the library’s general collection. The subject files are in the blue-tabbed folders in the file cabinets. (Many of the items in these folders have also been digitized by the library, and their electronic versions can be found in the library’s intranet catalog.)

Rights of Grandparents and Third Parties in Connecticut – research guide by the Judicial Branch Law Libraries

For the past several years, almost all newly published items added to the library’s collection have been in electronic format only. These items are accessible in full text through the library’s intranet catalog. Many old print materials have also been digitized and uploaded to the library’s catalog.

To get a general sense of a subject’s history, however, you may find it useful to browse the library stacks in certain locations to see print copies of older publications (and the occasional newer item that was published both electronically and in print). For publications related to aging, call number ranges include, but are not limited to:

362-363 social welfare problems and services
368 insurance

Hard copies of mandated reports that were produced only once or as a limited series are shelved by the number of the act that required the report. Hard copies of mandated reports produced regularly with no set end date (for example, state agencies’ annual reports) are shelved in the stacks by subject.

65+ in the United States – periodic report of statistical information by the Census Bureau

A study of the COVID-19 outbreak and response in Connecticut long-term care facilitiesA study of the COVID-19 outbreak and response in Connecticut long-term care facilities – by Mathematica Inc., 2020

Commission on Aging 2015 summit on community livability presentationspresentations

Connecticut state plan on aging – report every two to four years by the Dept. of Aging and Disability Services

Factors influencing receipt of long-term services and supports in home and community settingsFactors influencing receipt of long-term services and supports in home and community settings – by the Office of Program Review and Investigations, 2016

Healthy aging data report: highlights from Connecticut, 2021Healthy aging data report: highlights from Connecticut, 2021 – by the Gerontology Institute at UMass Boston

Older Americans: key indicators of well-being – periodic report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics

Performance audit: oversight of Connecticut’s assisted living facilities 2017-2019Performance audit: oversight of Connecticut’s assisted living facilities 2017-2019 – by the Auditors of Public Accounts, 2021

Performance audit: Protective Services for the Elderly 2017-2019Performance audit: Protective Services for the Elderly 2017-2019 – by the Auditors of Public Accounts, 2021

Property tax relief for older adults: a profile of Connecticut’s local programs – by the former Commission on Aging, 20082008 and 20152015

Reemployment of older workersReemployment of older workers – by the Office of Program Review and Investigations, 2013

Social Security primerSocial Security primer – by the Congressional Research Service, 2022