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Companionship
Relieving loneliness and providing continuing social contact with the
community by casual conversation, providing assistance with reading, writing
letters, or entertaining games.
Congregate Meals
Provision of a meal to an eligible client or other eligible participant, at a
congregate meal site.Consumable Medical
Supplies
Supplies used by the client, caregiver, or service staff, which are essential
to adequately care for the needs of the client.
Counseling
Advising and enabling the older person and /or his/her family to resolve
problems.
Education/Training
Providing formal or informal opportunities for individuals to acquire
knowledge, experience or skills. Includes individual or group events designed
to increase awareness in such areas as nutrition, crime or accident
prevention; promote personal enrichment.
Elder Helplines
The Elder Helpline is an information and referral service for those who are
60 years of age or older or who are seeking information for those
individuals.
Emergency Alert Response
A community based electronic surveillance service which monitors the frail
homebound elderly by means of an electronic communication link with a
response center.
HCBS Medicaid Waiver / Consumer Directed Care
The Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Aged/Disabled Adult Medicaid
Waiver program provides services for eligible individuals to remain at home
in the community who would otherwise be at risk of nursing home placement. To
be eligible, a person must be disabled (18-59 years of age) or 60 years of
age or older and eligible for Medicaid. (Must meet financial &
functional eligibility criteria) All individuals must be assessed by a case
manager from a case management agency in order to qualify and/or receive
services
Health Support
Activities to assist persons to secure and utilize necessary medical
treatment as well as preventative, emergency and health maintenance services.
Home Delivered Meals
Provision of meal to an eligible, functionally impaired homebound
participant.
Homemaker Services
The accomplishment of specific home management duties including housekeeping,
meal planning and preparation's hipping assistance, and routine household
activities by a trained homemaker.
Housing Improvement/Emergency Home Repair
Providing home repairs or alterations to the client's home in instances where
there are housing code violations or dangers that would prohibit the client
from staying in their own home.
Information and Referral
Designed to provide resources information regarding community resource with
respect to elder care issues.
Legal Services
Legal Assistance for program delivery purposes is defined as services to
assist clients to become aware of and protect their civil/legal rights
through activities or direct intervention by attorneys or legal
paraprofessionals.
Nutritional Counseling
Nutrition Counseling provides individualized advice and guidance to
individuals, who are at nutritional risk because of their nutritional
history, current dietary intake, medications use or chronic illnesses, about
options and methods for improving their nutritional status, provided by a
registered licensed dietitian or other health professional functioning within
their legal scope of practice.
Nutritional Education
Congregate Nutrition Education is a formal program of regularly scheduled
presentations that promote better health by providing accurate and culturally
sensitive nutrition, physical fitness, or health (as it relates to nutrition)
information and instruction to participants in a group setting overseen by a
dietitian or individual of comparable expertise.
Personal Care
Services to assist the functionally impaired elderly with bathing, dressing,
ambulation, housekeeping, supervision, emotional security, eating, and
assistance with securing health care from appropriate sources.
Respite Care
Relief or rest from the constant/continued supervision, companionship,
therapeutic and/or personal care, of a functionally impaired older person for
a specified period of time.
Risk Reduction
Risk reduction combines either hands-on care or guidance to the caregiver and
client to promote wellness and prevent premature institutionalization.
Transportation
Travel to or from service providers or community resources.
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