Office of Elder Services (OES), Department of Health and Human Services
1.Partners
in Caring
"Partners in Caring" is
the title of the Alzheimer's Respite Care grant, administered through
the Area Agencies on Aging for the Office of Elder
Services (OES). The grant can reimburse families for home modifications made to promote
the safety and independence of the person with dementia. There is
a $2,000 lifetime cap for home modifications.
Eligibility
To be eligible for
services a consumer must:
- Be at
least 18 and not living in a hospital or residential nursing home;
- Have a
physician's clinical assessment of Alzheimer's or related dementia;
- Not have
assets of more than $50,000 for a person or $75,000 for couples;
- Not be
eligible for or receiving services from the following OES programs:
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Private Duty Nursing/Personal Care Services,
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Home and Community Based Waivers,
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Adult Day Health,
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Consumer Directed Attendant Services programs,
-
Consumer-Directed Home Based Care program
- In
Home and Community Support Services for the Elderly and Other Adults
Contact
Information
-
Aroostook Area Agency on Aging
(Aroostook County)
(207)764-3396
- Eastern Agency on Aging
(Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington and Hancock Counties)
(207) 941-2865
- Senior Spectrum
(Kennebec, Somerset, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, and Sagadahoc
Counties)
(207) 622-9212
- Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging
(Cumberland and York Counties)
(207) 775-6503
- Senior Plus
(Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties)
(207) 795-4010
2.
In
Home and Community Support Services
This is part of a
larger, long-term care program that involves a thorough assessment of all
your needs and the development of a "plan of care." The Community Support
Services program provides many different services; one of them is a
lifetime cost of $3,000 for home modifications to carry out your "plan of
care."
The
first step in applying for any service from the OES
is to request an assessment, provided free of charge, from Goold Health
Services. A nurse will come to your house,
ask you questions about your health and finances, and conduct an assessment.
If the
assessment indicates medical and financial eligibility for a long-term
care program, you will be notified when the assessment is completed. The
nurse will share the assessment information with Elder Independence
of Maine (EIM) who will arrange for services.
Eligibility
To be eligible for
services a consumer must:
- Be at
least 18 and not be residing in a hospital or nursing facility;
- Lack
sufficient personal and/or financial resources for in-home services;
- Be
ineligible for the following programs:
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Private Duty Nursing/Personal Care Services;
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Home and Community Based Waiver;
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Adult Day Health;
-
MaineCare (Medicaid) Consumer-Directed Attendant Services.
- Not be
participating in the Consumer-Directed Home Based Care program.
The In
Home and Community Support Services program requires that the client
receiving services pay a monthly co-payment. The co-payment is calculated
to be 4% of monthly income plus 3% of the person's assets if that amount
is greater than $15,000.
Contact
Information
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