Project Description:
The Attendant Care Project is dedicated to offering personal choice options to consumers of attendant care services. The program serves people who are eligible for services under the Community Choices Waiver, the HIV/AIDS Medicaid Waiver, the Mechanical Ventilator Dependent Medicaid Waiver and the Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Medicaid Waiver. SCUCEDD Nurse Consultants work with consumers to facilitate the recruitment and to match the consumer with an attendant. The Nurse observes the attendant providing attendant care services to ensure the attendant understands what is needed and is capable of providing the services. An additional part of this process is the recruitment of attendants in to the Medicaid provider program. After the attendant enrolls both the attendant and consumer enroll with a fiscal intermediary. The attendant becomes an employee of the consumer. The consumer becomes an employer of record. The fiscal intermediary handles the Medicaid reimbursement.
Staff provide training to consumers and to the attendants. The project serves approximately 1200 consumers annually and trains approximately 700 attendants.
System Change: This project promotes "consumer choice" within the state's system-driven long-term care system. It enables consumers to choose their provider and determine the schedule for services according to their needs rather than have both decided by a PCA agency or service coordinator.
Keyword(s):
Attendant care consumer directed
Core Function(s):
Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training
Area of Emphasis
Health-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other
Target Audience:
Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
