Partners in Caring
Partners in Caring is the title of the Respite Care for People with Alzheimer's
or Related Disorders program. It is administered through the Area
Agencies on Aging for the Office of Elder Services (OES). Consumers and families are eligible for up to $3,800 in respite care
funds per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30).
In this
program, the consumer and family pay the respite care worker directly
and then are reimbursed through the Partners in Caring program.
This program also requires a co-payment of 20% of the respite care funds
that are used. You may request that this payment be waived or reduced
if you meet financial guidelines.
Eligibility
- 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 an individual or $75,000 for couples;
- Not be
eligible for or receiving services from the following BEAS programs:
- Medicaid Private Duty
Nursing/Personal Care Services,
- Medicaid Home and
Community Based Waivers,
- Medicaid Adult Day
Health,
- Medicaid Consumer
Directed Attendant Services programs,
- Consumer-Directed
Home Based Care program
- In-Home and Community
Support Services for Elderly and Other Adults
Contact
Information for the Area Agencies on Aging
- Aroostook Area Agency
on Aging
(Aroostook county)
Phone: (800) 439-1789 or (207) 764-3396
- Eastern
Agency on Aging
(Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington and Hancock counties)
Phone: (800) 432-7812 or (207) 941-2865
- Senior
Spectrum
(Kennebec, Somerset, Knox, Lincoln, Waldo, and Sagadahoc counties)
Phone: (800) 639-1553 or (207) 622-9212
- Southern
Maine Area Agency on Aging
(Cumberland and York counties)
Phone: (800) 427-7411 or (207) 775-6503
- SeniorsPlus
(Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties)
Phone: (800) 427-1241 or (207) 795-4010
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