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	Chore
	Companionship
	Enhanced Community Options Program
	Group Adult Foster Care
	Home Care
	Homemaker
	Meals on Wheels
	Money Management
	Nursing Home Screening
	Respite Care
	Supportive Living
	Telephone Reassurance

• Assistance with heavier cleaning - floors or windows, etc.
• Some companies are also able to do minor repairs, yard work, basements, garages
  

• Visits to homebound elders in need of socialization
• Expanded service options include escorted transportation, non-medical supervision, light meal preparation and overnight safety monitoring
  

• These individuals either meet the medical criteria for nursing home placement, are in poor health, which has significantly declined within the last two months or have suffered the loss of a primary caregiver.

• The Group Adult Foster Care Program (GAFC) provides a higher level of support and services to adults living in public or private housing. The individual must have at least one medical condition, which necessitates assistance with personal care.
• Services 7 days per week - allowing recipient to remain at home safely thus preventing institutional placement.
• To be eligible individuals must be at least 22 years of age, receiving Medicaid or meet Medicaid guidelines, live in public or private housing and be in need of daily personal care assistance.
  

• Supportive Care - enable a person to continue independent living within the home. Services include assistance with personal needs (bathing and dressing) and homemaker needs (meal preparation, food shopping, house cleaning and laundry).
• Skilled care is given under the direction of a physician and consists of health services provided by licensed or certified individuals such as nurses, home health aides, and therapists (physical, speech or occupational).
• Some of the services could be covered by a person’s health insurance; others are subsidized, private pay, no cost or operate on a sliding fee basis.

• Services provide assistance with light housekeeping (vacuum, wash dishes, change bed linens, clean kitchens and bathrooms), shopping, laundry and meal preparation.

• Providing homebound elders with a nutritious meal
• The Meals on Wheels program may be an ideal solution for an older adult who is no longer able to prepare meals or travel to a congregate meal site.
• Well-balanced meals are delivered to the home around the noon hour

• Volunteers assist low-income older adults complete tasks such as routine bill paying, budgeting and writing checks.
• Individuals may find managing personal finances overwhelming due to poor eyesight, deteriorating health, mobility limitations, or depression.
• Services can be short or long term

• When community services and family support no longer meet the needs of a frail older adult.
• Nursing homes have the ability to provide 24-hour access to skilled medical care and supervision that cannot possibly be provided at home.
• ESMV Nurses screen all Mass Health recipients (over the age of 21) seeking admission to a skilled long-term care facility, ensuring medical criteria and eligibility guidelines have been met.

• The Respite Program provides relief to elder caregivers and individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
• The care plan is designed to meet the needs of the caregiver to allow them to rest, run errands, take a short vacation or attend to their own medical care.

• Assistance for older adults, living in public or private housing complexes, who are no longer able to manage all daily tasks independently.
• The basic care plan includes laundry service, meal preparation, shopping, light housekeeping, 24-hour access to help, and daily on-call access to services.
• Enhanced services such as weekly linen service, money management, escorted transportation, and personal shopping are optional.
  

• Telephone Reassurance Programs are frequently offered through Councils on Aging.
• A trained volunteer checks on a person through regularly scheduled telephone calls.
• A reminder about a medical appointment, to eat lunch, or take medication.
• Older adults living alone and virtually homebound may view the daily call as their link to the outside world.