CHOICE Program

Community and Home Options to Institutional Care for the Elderly and Disabled is a 100% state funded program that is designed to provide options for long-term care for the elderly and persons with disabilities. It provides supportive services to enable the individual to live independently in their own home or in community integrated settings. An eligibility screen is used to determine program eligibility and is based on deficits in the individual's activities of daily living. Candidates must have at least two deficit Activities of Daily Living (bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, taking medication, walking) to qualify. There is no age or income restriction however there are a limited number of spots. Services may be include care management, home delivered meals, attendant care, home health aide, skilled nursing, therapies, behavior management, homemaker, home modifications, adult day services, adaptive aids and devices and respite care. There are cost share provisions for those individuals who can afford to pay for a portion of the services.

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