Medicaid Aging Waiver Program

Available Services

• Home Delivered Meals – Meals provided to homebound individuals in their place of residence as a supplement.
• Non-Medical Transportation – Service enables recipients to gain access to waiver and other community services and resources.
• Emergency Response System – An electronic device that enables high-risk individuals to secure help in the event of an emergency.
• Adult Day Care – Care and supervision provided in a supervised setting to provide socialization, recreation, and cultural activities for disabled adults.
• Case Management – A service for locating, coordinating, and monitoring necessary and appropriate services for individuals.
• Respite Care – Services provided on a short-term basis in the relief of regular caregivers to individuals in their own homes or nursing facilities who are unable to care for themselves.
• Homemaker Services – Services consisting of general household activities.
• Supportive Maintenance – Home health care provided by a home health aide to homebound frail elderly individuals in their place of residence.
• Adult Companion Services – Non-medical care, supervision, and socialization, provided to a functionally impaired adult.
• Chore Service – Heavy household chores such as washing floors, windows, or walls.
• Specialized Medical Equipment – Devices that are of direct medical or remedial benefit to the individual.

Eligibility

• 65 years of age or older
• Medicaid eligible (based on special institutional and spousal impoverishment guidelines)
• At a frailty level that meets nursing home admission guidelines

Eligible clients will be offered a choice between receiving home and community-based services, or relocating to a nursing home.