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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.

Home health care services including skilled nursing, rehabilitative therapies, home care aides, speech therapy, dietitian consult, certified wound ostomy, continence nurse, medical alert systems and homemaker assistance.

Assists individuals and their families with homemaker services. Homemaker services can include friendly visiting, transportation and escort, shopping and errand running, minor home and yard maintenance, letter writing and reading, and respite.

Offers home health care services such as skilled nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapy. Can also provide Personal Care Aids to assist in light housekeeping, light meal preparation, grocery shopping, laundry, transition care, assistance, respite care. All services are provided in the home.

Offers home health care services. Will make home visits. Immunizations for communicable diseases for all age persons, health promotion and education. Also home care nursing, personal home care aide with limited homemaking services.

Provides long-term care to help veterans and their families when dealing with a disability, chronic (long-lasting) illness, or serious health issues related to aging. Long-term health care services include 24 hour nursing and medical care, physical therapy, and help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, making meals, and taking medicine.

Home care services including nursing, rehabilitative therapies, psychiatric nursing services, home health aides, meal preparation, errands and grocery shopping, household assistance, and respite care.

Also offers home provider care services, including companionship, light housekeeping, and assistance with activities of daily living to help you safely stay independent at home.

Provides help to senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include:

- Comprehensive care coordination.

• Adult day services.
• In-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene).
• Emergency home response service.
• Automated medication dispenser service.

Nutrition program that includes home-delivered and congregate meals, prepared through the Meal Site located on the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska reservation.

Congregate meals are served during the lunch hour each weekday.

Home­-delivered meals are delivered to persons in poorer health. In order to receive home­-delivered meals, seniors must be present for congregate meals two times a week unless health ailments interfere.

Other services include information/referral, outreach, transportation, homemaker and chore services, telephoning, and visiting.

Caregiver program provides a temporary period of relief or rest for caregiver of a frail elder in the form of in home respite care, adult day care respite, or respite for an overnight stay on an intermittent, occasional, or emergency basis.

Offers a Lending Closet with medical equipment, to be used on a loan basis.

Provides long-term care to help veterans and their families when dealing with a disability, chronic (long-lasting) illness, or serious health issues related to aging. Long-term health care services include 24-hour nursing and medical care, physical therapy, and help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, making meals, and taking medicine.

Provides personal care services for adults who require daily living assistance. Services can include, but are not limited to, hygiene assistance such as bathing and grooming, help with dressing and undressing as needed, assists with bathroom needs and incontinence care, physical mobility assistance, and medication reminders. 

Offers companionship and personal care services tailored for individuals needing assistance at home.

Companionship Services include in-home companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errand running and grocery shopping.

Transportation assistance includes trips to recreational activities, 24-hour care availability.

Personal Care Services include assistance with bathing and personal hygiene, support with mobility and transferring, incontinence care, oral hygiene assistance, feeding and toileting support.

Offers nurses, home care aides for personal cares and homemakers for homemaking needs for those who need assistance related to a medical diagnosis which prevents them from being able to manage these functions independently. Health Services no longer provides acute home care services funded by insurances but will provide all similar services as needed to safely assist persons to maintain independence and thus prevent unnecessary institutionalism. Call for eligibility or to get information as to where you may be able to acquire home care services.

In-home services for seniors help support daily living and well-being.

Services include:

• Friendly companionship and social time.

• Help with a clean, healthy, and safe home.

• Rides to medical appointments within 10 miles.

• Preparation of special diets based on medical instructions.

• Help with personal care, such as bathing and grooming.

• Meal preparation.

• Laundry washing.

• Running errands, such as picking up groceries or supplies.

• Light housecleaning and simple chores.

Provides long-term care to help veterans and their families when dealing with a disability, chronic (long-lasting) illness, or serious health issues related to aging. Long-term health care services include 24 hour nursing and medical care, physical therapy, and help with daily tasks like bathing, dressing, making meals, and taking medicine.

Helps senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include comprehensive care coordination, adult day services, in-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene), and an automated medication dispenser service.

Helps seniors stay in their own homes by providing in-home and community based services. Aims to help seniors maintain their independence as an alternative to nursing home placement. 

Services include adult Day Service, respite for family caregivers that include health, medication supervision, personal care, and recreational/therapeutic activities. Nutritious lunches and snacks are provided, including for special diets.

Automated Medication Dispenser Service (AMD) a portable mechanical system to dispense or remind about medications.

Emergency Home Response System (EHRS) 24 hour emergency communication link to outside assistance.

In-Home service assistance with household tasks, such as cleaning, planning and preparing meals, doing laundry, shopping, and running errands. Homemakers can also help with personal care, such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and following special diets.

Senior Companion offers scheduled visits by an older adult to provide friendship, companionship, and social activities.

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.