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Help in your home
Overview Seniors and people with physical disabilities can receive services while living in their own homes. These services include personal assistance, nursing tasks and help with housekeeping. Home-delivered meals can also be arranged. Medicaid may be able to pay for some of these services for eligible individuals.Services may include help with:
Client-Employed Provider Program (CEP) The Client-Employed Provider Program (CEP) allows Medicaid clients to select and hire their own care providers, called home care workers. Home Care Workers may be friends, neighbors, or relatives. For more information about employing someone to help you in your home, see the CEP Employers Guide (pdf). The case manager at your Area Agency on Aging (AAA) or Department of Human Services (DHS) local office may also have a list of care providers in your area.If you are interested in becoming a Homecare Worker, you will find more information in the Home Care Worker Guide (pdf). We can help DHS wants clients to be actively involved in directing their care. The CEP Program offers the client the opportunity to control the selection and employment of a service provider. DHS and AAA case managers can help you arrange the services you need.The case manager can help the client:
Independent Choices This program offers you, the consumer, more choice in the way you receive your in-home services. The program turns control over to you, so that you can choose to purchase services as you need them. You will be able to manage your own care in ways that better meet your needs. Download the brochure (pdf)To determine if you qualify, or for further assistance and information, contact the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) or Department of Human Services (DHS) local office in your area. Back to top Oregon Project Independence Oregon Project Independence (OPI) serves individuals who are 60 years of age or older or who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder, meet the requirement of our long-term care services priority rule and are not receiving Medicaid long-term care services except Food Stamps, Qualified Medicare Beneficiary or Supplemental Low Income Medicare Beneficiary Program benefits.These services are provided statewide through Area Agencies on Aging local offices. Clients with net incomes between 100 percent and 200 percent of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) are expected to pay a fee toward their service, based on a sliding fee schedule. Families with net incomes above 200 percent FPL pay the full hourly rate of the service provided. Allowable services include personal care, homemaker/home care services, chore services, assisted transportation, adult day care, respite, case management, registered nursing services and home delivered meals. Spousal Pay The Spousal Pay Program is an In-Home Support Services program that allows payment for services that are provided by the spouse of an eligible person.Individuals must be eligible for Medicaid and qualify for in-home services. They must also have a medically diagnosed, progressive, debilitating condition, which limits their activities of daily living, or a spinal cord injury or similar disability, which permanently impairs their ability to perform activities. Individuals on this program must need full assistance from others in at least four of the following six areas:
For further assistance and information contact the Area Agency on Aging (AAA) or Department of Human Services (DHS) local office in your area. Back to top |
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