Funding for "Aging-in-Place"

This article in Utah's Deseret News spotlights a state legislative issue that we're seeing around the USA:

Current health department policy follows the federal government's requirement that long-term care be delivered in institutions such as nursing homes. The state has received permission from the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow some Medicaid recipients to remain in their homes. To receive one of the few waivers, however, qualified Utahns must first live in a nursing home for 90 days.

In Utah, a Senate committee killed a piece of legislation called HB249, which would have required lawmakers, when making their annual budget priorities, to consider funding for programs that provide in-home or community-based care for the elderly or disabled.

However, it seems the movement afoot across America is to allow funding for what are called "Assistive Home Technologies." Formerly this was called Telehealth, and some today call it Digital Home Monitoring. Whatever appellation it carries, it has great momentum despite momentary losses like the above.