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Assists older adults to remain independent in their home as long as possible by providing an evaluation of the older adults' needs, developing a plan of care to meet those needs, and monitoring their plan to make changes as appropriate to keep them independent.

Care coordinators also provide an evaluation in the hospital or at home to educate individuals about their resource options prior to entering a nursing home.

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Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Options Counseling
ADRC Options Counselors help empower individuals to make informed choices about their long-term care supports and services by providing information about available resources, assisting with planning, and accessing services.

Provides long-term care information that enables participants and their caregivers to make informed decisions based on the options available in their community. Options discussed include:

- Home- and community-based services like in-home care and adult day services.

- Home-delivered meals.

- Supportive living facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing facilities

Provides long-term care information on in-home care, adult day services, and meal delivery for clients and caregivers tailored to the community. Other options include supportive living facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing facilities.
Case Management Services (CMS) helps to coordinate and manage care on behalf of the client. Grants are offered to assist with chore, housekeeping, lifeline, and respite care.

Legal services.

Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Provides options counseling to connect individuals to resources about:
-In-home personal care and nursing
-Housing options
-Housekeeping and chore services
-Home modifications
-Adaptive equipment
-Transportation
-Nutrition and home-delivered meal programs
-Case Management services
-Caregiver supports and respite

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Homemaker Assistance
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Elder Law
Specialized Information and Referral
Area Agencies on Aging
Emergency Alert
Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

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Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Home Delivered Meals
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides an interactive process where individuals get accurate, impartial information and assistance about programs and services available for adults with disabilities and seniors age 60+. An information specialist will help navigate through available resources empowering the person to make informed decisions about long-term care supports and services.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Home Delivered Meals
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
The Case Management program provides frail seniors with the opportunity to make their own choices regarding long-term care. Case Management offers frail seniors age 60 and over an alternative to nursing facilities or other forms of institutionalized care. The Case Management program helps coordinate community services which will allow older people to remain safely in their home. Each person is monitored by an individual Case Manager who provides assistance in making the appropriate choices that best fit their needs.

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Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Services include:

-- Evaluate ability to manage daily living.

-- Evaluate living options.

-- Plan for long-range care options.

-- Identify possible modifications/adaptations to home and/or environment which may improve safety and independence.

-- Evaluate potential for support from family and community.

-- Assistance with long distance care management.

-- Teaching and education.

-- Linkage/referral services.

Categories

Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management

Provides long-term care information which enables participants and their caregivers to make informed decisions based on the options available in their community.

Options discussed include home and community-based services like in-home care and adult day services, home-delivered meals, and other services available in their community.

Other options include supportive living facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing facilities.

Categories

Long Term Care Options Counseling
Options Counselors help in planning, identifying, locating, and applying for services and supports based on the individual's needs, values, and preferences.

Assists older adults to remain independent in their home as long as possible by providing an evaluation of the older adults' needs, developing a plan of care to meet those needs, and monitoring their plan to make changes as appropriate to keep them independent.

Care coordinators also provide an evaluation in the hospital or at home to educate individuals about their resource options prior to entering a nursing home.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Promotes choice and enhances the wellbeing and dignity of aging adults, caregivers, adults with disabilities, and those with the greatest economic need so that they may live independently. Assists Nebraskans in accessing services, supports, and information.

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Area Agencies on Aging

Provides in-home assessments to seniors to determine eligibility for programs.

Categories

Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Assists older adults to remain independent in their home as long as possible by providing an evaluation of the older adults' needs, developing a plan of care to meet those needs, and monitoring their plan to make changes as appropriate to keep them independent.

Care coordinators also provide an evaluation in the hospital or at home to educate individuals about their resource options prior to entering a nursing home.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Assists individuals and families in the process of finding the right long-term care living facility.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Home Delivered Meals
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Provides an interactive process where individuals get accurate, impartial information and assistance about programs and services available for adults with disabilities and seniors age 60+. An information specialist will help navigate through available resources empowering the person to make informed decisions about long-term care supports and services.
Supports individuals, family members, and/or significant others in their deliberations to determine care choices based on the individual's needs/preferences, values, and individual circumstances.

Categories

Long Term Care Options Counseling
Medicaid Information/Counseling
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Case/Care Management
Promotes choice and enhances the wellbeing and dignity of aging adults, caregivers, adults with disabilities, and those with the greatest economic need so that they may live independently. Assists Nebraskans in accessing services, supports, and information.

Categories

Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Area Agencies on Aging
Provides an interactive process where individuals get accurate, impartial information and assistance about programs and services available for adults with disabilities and seniors age 60+. An information specialist will help navigate through available resources empowering the person to make informed decisions about long-term care supports and services.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Home Delivered Meals
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

Provides in-home assessments to seniors to determine eligibility for programs.

Categories

Activities of Daily Living Assessment
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Homemaker Assistance
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Children's In Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Case/Care Management
Home Delivered Meals
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Medicare Information/Counseling
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups