Aging Network Chore provides household care, assistance with activities of daily living, personal care and/or protective supervision to older persons who need help with allowable chore services tasks if they are to live independently in their own homes. 

Congregate meals help meet the complex nutritional needs of older persons who are nutritionally at risk by providing nutritionally sound and satisfying meals and other nutrition services, including nutrition outreach and nutrition education, in a group setting.  Each meal served contains at least one-third of the current Recommended Dietary Allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council.

The COPES Environmental Modification program provides physical adaptations to the home of a client.  The adaptations must be necessary to ensure the client’s health, welfare, and safety, must enable the client to function with greater independence in the home, must be of direct and remedial benefit to the client, and without which the client would require institutionalization.

Home-delivered meals provide nutritious meals and other nutrition services to older persons who are home-bound by reason of illness, incapacitating disability, or who are otherwise isolated.  Services are intended to maintain or improve the health status of these individuals, support their independence, prevent premature institutionalization and allow earlier discharge from hospitals, nursing homes, or other residential care facilities.  Each meal served contains at least one-third of the current Recommended Dietary Allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council.

Home Health Aide provides assistance with hands-on personal care, ambulation, exercise, and self-administered medications to clients in their own homes on a visiting basis.  Skilled Nursing services are provided by an RN or LPN, under RN’s supervision, on a visiting basis when the client has temporary skilled nursing needs beyond the scope which can be provide by non-licensed staff.  The services must be medically necessary.

COPES Personal Care provides assistance with personal care and household tasks.  The client must be determined Medicaid eligible for nursing home level of care.  Financial participation may be required.

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion services provided at multipurpose senior centers, at congregate nutrition sites, through home delivered meals programs, or at other appropriate sites.  These services are designed to assist older persons in helping to prevent the onset of serious diseases and to promote good health habits and rid themselves of bad ones in such a way as to enhance their lives and prevent premature institutionalization.   

Home-delivered meals provide nutritious meals and other nutrition services to older persons who are home-bound by reason of illness, incapacitating disability, or who are otherwise isolated.  Services are intended to maintain or improve the health status of these individuals, support their independence, prevent premature institutionalization and allow earlier discharge from hospitals, nursing homes, or other residential care facilities.  Each meal served contains at least one-third of the current Recommended Dietary Allowances as established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council.

Kinship care is the full-time care of children by relatives. Kinship care occurs informally, when children are not involved with public child welfare agencies, and formally, when public child welfare agencies are involved in placing children with relatives. The Kinship Caregivers Support Program funds can be used to help pay for the cost of emergent needs incurred by grandparents or other relatives at the time a child(ren) comes to live with them as well as after the initial period.

The Kinship Navigator Program is designed to assist grandparents and other relatives navigate the system of services for children living with relatives.  Assistance is provided to relatives connecting them to needed services and resources to keep children from entering foster care.

The Legal Services program assists older persons in advocating for their rights, benefits, and entitlements.  Assistance in non-criminal matters is provided by referrals to attorneys, paralegals, and appropriate others and range from advice and drafting of simple legal documents to representation in complex litigation.  Services include disseminating information about legal issues to older persons, service groups and bar associations through lectures, group discussions, and the media.

The Medicaid Personal Care program provides assistance with personal care and household tasks for persons with at least one personal care task need.  The client must be SSI eligible.

PERS monitors the frail, homebound elderly by means of an electronic device that secures help in the event of an emergency.  The response center has access to the client’s local response network including police, fire, ambulance, friends and/or neighbors depending on the nature of the emergency.

Respite provides relief for families or other caregivers of adults 18 years and over with functional disabilities.  In-home respite care is available and provided on an hourly and daily basis including 24-hour care for several consecutive days.  Respite care workers provide supervision, personal care services and nursing tasks usually provided by the primary caregiver of the disabled adult. 

Transportation services are designed to transfer older persons to and from social services, medical and health care services, meal programs, senior centers, shopping and recreational activities so such services will be accessible to eligible individuals who have no other means of transportation.  Personal assistance for those with limited physical mobility is provided.

Volunteer opportunities provide meaningful, rewarding volunteer opportunities, especially for older adults and people with disabilities.  Volunteer opportunities exist in AACCW’s three offices, in our contracted programs, and in serving clients not being served through existing programs.