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Grant, Lincoln, and Okanogan Counties
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Aging Network Chore is a short-term program that provides assistance with personal care and household tasks. This is the only in home care program for persons not on Medicaid.
The Chore Personal Care program provides assistance with personal care and household tasks. Financial participation may be required. This program currently has a waiting list.
COPES Environmental Modification (Age 18+)
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 great independence in the home, must be of direct and remedial benefit to the client, and without which the client would require institutionalization.
COPES Home Health Aide & Skilled Nursing (Age 18+)
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 provided by non-licensed staff. The service 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/Foot Care (Age 60+)
The Disease Prevention/Foot Care program provides foot care by appointment, including soaking feet, trimming nails, routine corn/callus care, and the application of non-prescribed creams or lotions.
The Legal Services program provides access to the justice system by offering representation by a legal advocate. The focus is on socially and economically needy older individuals who are having legal problems. Legal problems must be within the priority areas that are established to reflect local needs. There are limits on the types of client cases that can be handled.
Congregate Nutrition (Age 60+)
Congregate Nutrition is a program designed to provide nutritionally balanced meals to help meet the nutritional needs of older persons. Each meal served must contain at least 1/3 of the current recommended dietary allowance.
Home-Delivered Nutrition (Age 60+)/COPES Home-Delivered (Age 18+)
The Home-Delivered Nutrition program provides nutritionally balanced meals which are delivered to persons who are homebound by reason of illness or incapacitating disability. Each meal must contain at least 1/3 of the current Recommended Dietary Allowance.
Medicaid Personal Care (Age 18+)
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.
Personal Emergency Response System [PERS] (Age 60+) COPES PERS (Age 18+) (Restricted Service)
The PERS program provides installation, rental, and monthly monitoring of personal emergency response system equipment. An electronic device is worn by high-risk clients to secure help in the event of an emergency.
Respite care is a service where another trained person or staff at a facility provides planned, short-term care (a few hours to a few days) for your loved one so you have smoe time away from caregiving.
Respite care can be in your home, through an adult day care, or at a residential care facility.
Respite care can be arranged through the Family Caregiver Support Program (FCSP).
Services are designed to transport persons who need transportation to medical and health services, social services, meal programs, or for shopping assistance. Services are for individuals who cannot manage their own transportation because they have no car, cannot drive, or cannot afford to drive, and cannot use public transportation, or public transportation is not available or accessible.
Provides 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.