Nursing home care is avoided or delayed through use of the following services:
Case Management - Trained case managers link clients with needed services in the community, monitor the services, and periodically review clients' needs.
Homemaker - Service includes housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, laundry services, and shopping for groceries, medical supplies and incidentals.
Personal Care - Services are directed at preserving the health of the elderly by assisting with personal hygiene and dressing.
Emergency Alert Response - An electronic surveillance service that monitors homebound seniors by linking them to a communication response center, which responds to emergencies.
Home Delivered Meals - Furnishes a hot, nutritious noon-time meal delivered to the elderly person's home.
Medical Transportation - Service available to elderly persons who are without a method of traveling to medical appointments of facilities.
Adult Day Care - Benefits adults who may be isolated and can profit from participation in a group setting. Dementia and/or a caregiver are not requirements.
Respite Care - Affords supervision and companionship in the home or at an adult day care facility for physically disabled or mentally impaired seniors. This program is designed to periodically relieve the primary caregiver.
Home Care for the Elderly - Supplies a stipend to elderly persons requiring 24 hour care to encourage provision of care for seniors in their home or their caregivers' home.
Community Referrals - Program involves connecting seniors to needed services or items (such as legal services or shower chairs) which are provided on a volunteer or at cost basis.