Home and
Community Living Supports
Basic Services
Congregate Meals:
The congregate meal program provides a nutritious meal for older Arizonans in senior
centers across the state. Many of the centers also have a wide variety of leisure
time activities.
Home Delivered Meals:
This service provides a nutritious meal delivered to the home.
Home Health Aide:
This service provides health maintenance, treatment, monitoring, and support for
activities of daily living.
Home Nursing:
This service provides skilled nursing services at home for people who need help with
health care such as taking medications, changing dressings, catheter care or other skilled
nursing services.
Housekeeper/Chore:
This service provides assistance for routine household maintenance in the person's
home.
Personal Care:
This service provides assistance to meet essential personal physical needs.
Respite:
This service is intended to relieve a caregiver of their caregiving duties for a short
period of time. Some communities offer volunteer or paid respite care services which
provide short-term, temporary care for an impaired older person to relieve the family
members who provide daily care to their relative.
Transportation:
This services is intended to help older persons to get around the community. A
number of communities offer door-to-door transportation services for older persons such as
vans or mini-buses which accommodate wheelchairs, walkers, and other
devices. Transportation may be provided to and from the doctor's office or other
medical services, community facilities and other services. Help is also available in
some communities in the form of escort services and shopping assistance.
Additional Services
Adult Day Care:
Adult day care services are available in some communities. This type of service
provides social and some rehabilitative activities for the frail older person or disabled
adult during the day in a community facility.
Home Repair and Adaptation:
Limited home improvement services are available to older persons who meet income
eligibility guidelines. Such activities include roofing, ramps, and insulation.
Eligibility
Eligibility for
Services:
To be eligible for services, you must be at least 60 years of age or 18 years of
age with a disability.
Case Management:
Case management is the process by which need and eligibility for services are
determined. This is a prerequisite for most services.
For additional information please contact
your local Area Agency on Aging.
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