Personal Care Assistance Services. Direct support in the home or community in performing tasks that individuals are functionally unable to complete independently due to disability (e.g. assistance with ADLs, monitoring health care status, assistance with housekeeping activities and meals preparation, assistance with transferring and use of mobile devices, and in providing and arranging for transportation.
Personal Care Assistance Services. Provide direct support in the home or community to Enrollees in performing tasks they are functionally unable to complete independently due to disability, based on the LTSS Care Plan and/or the self-directed care plan. Services include: • Enrollee assistance with ADLs, such as grooming, personal hygiene, toileting bathing, and dressing • Assistance with monitoring health status and physical condition • Assistance with preparation and eating of meals (not the cost of the meals itself) Service Benefit Detail Reference Coverage Document • Assistance with housekeeping activities (e.g., bed making, dusting, vacuuming, laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning) • Assistance with transferring, ambulation, and use of special mobility devices Assisting the Enrollee by directly providing or arranging transportation (If providing transportation, the personal care assistant must be verified as having a valid driver’s license and liability coverage). Respite Respite can be defined as a service provided to individuals unable to care for themselves that is furnished on a short-term basis because of the absence or need for relief of those persons who normally provide care for the person. Federal financial participation is not claimed for the cost of room and board as respite services are provided in a private home setting, which may be in the person’s home or occasionally in the respite provider’s private residence, depending on Family preference and case- specific circumstances. When an individual is referred to a RI EOHHS-certified respite agency, a respite agency staff person works with the Family to assure they have the requisite information and/or tools to participate and manage the respite services, The Individual/Family will already have an allocation of hours that has been recommended and approved by RI EOHHS. These hours will be released in six (6) month increments. The Individual/Family will determine how they wish to use these hours. Patterns of potential usage might include intermittent or occasional use; routine use of a few hours each week; planned weekends away; a single block of hours that might allow the rest of the Family to spend a few Days together; or some combination of the above. The Individual’s/Family’s plan will be incorporated into a written document that will also outline whether the Enrollee/Family wants help with recruitment, the training needed by the respite worker, the expectations of the Individual/Family relative to specific training and orien...
