Our goal at Senior Essentials California is to create a directory to help minimize the tedious work in searching for placement for your loved one; streamlining the process of finding care you can trust during this stressful time. With our facility locator we make it easy to find a facility able to cater to your specific needs, with the click of a button. Helping people find a safe place to live, and to get the care, support, and supervision they need, is our main priority- All while helping facilities fill open and available beds.
Your Loved one may also qualify for Additional support from programs like Home health or Hospice
What is Home Health Care?
Home Health care is care services in your home for an illness or injury. Is less expensive and convenient. Examples of skilled needs are: Wound care, Patient and caregiver education, Intravenous or alternative nutrition needs, Monitoring serious illness and unstable health status. The Goal is to get better, regain your independence, and slow decline. Your Medicare health plan will cover needed care, and your Dr’s office can give you a list of agencies that service your area, they must tell you whether their organization has a financial
interest in the agency listed. You will need a Doctor’s orders for Home Health Services. The Agency will come to your home to provide an assessment and review the benefit.
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/home-health-services.html
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Modify your search to your preference and call your agency of choice with your questions
https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/search.html
What is Hospice?
Hospice is quality and compassionate care at home, for people facing a lifelimiting illness or injury. It’s medical care toward a different goal: of maintaining or improving quality of life for someone whose illness, disease or condition is unlikely to be cured, when curative measures have been exhausted and life prognosis is six months or less, but can exceed this time period. Hospice care involves a team-oriented approach to expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support, expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes. Support is provided to the patient’s loved ones as well Hospice focuses on symptom management.
Care is provided in the patient’s home Hospice services are available to patients of any age, religion, race, or illness Hospice care is covered under Medicare, Medicaid, most private insurance plans, and HMOs
Medical eligibility
In order to receive hospice services, a hospice physician and a second physician (often the individual’s attending physician or specialist) must certify that the patient meets specific medical eligibility criteria. If the disease or condition runs a continued declining course and life expectancy is 6 months or less, this meets criteria. When the individual lives longer than six months and their condition continue to decline, they may be Recertified by a physician for additional time in hospice care. If a hospice patient’s condition improves, they may be discharged from hospice care, or they may be discharged from the program. But The patient is eligible for hospice again if his or her condition begins to decline again.
Medicare patient’s Have the right to choose any Hospice company and Can transfer to another Hospice company if not satisfied with current hospice providing the service.
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You can specify between Non-profit and For-profit Hospice organizations
https://www.medicare.gov/hospicecompare/
https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/part-a/how-hospiceworks.html
Resources:
Adult Day Care
The Eldercare Locator
Since 1991, helping with state and local agencies on aging, as well as community-based organizations, with services such as meals, home care or transportation, or if a caregiver needs training and education or a well-deserved break from caregiving responsibilities. This site can help point that person in the right direction.
The Eldercare Locator is a public service of the Administration on Aging (AoA), an agency of the U.S. Administration for Community Living.
https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Resources/Factsheets/Adult_Day_Care.aspx
California Association for Adult day Services
Is a Nonprofit association that supports the development of adult day services as an alternative to institutional care.
https://www.caads.org/find_program/find_program.htm
Assisted Living
https://eldercare.acl.gov/public/resources/factsheets/assisted_living.aspx
Skilled Nursing Homes
The Official U.S Government site for Medicare
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/skilled-nursing-facility-care.html
https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html
California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
Since 1983, CANHR is a nonprofit advocacy organization
https://www.canhr.org/NH_Data/CountyMenuPDF.html
Family Caregiver Support Program
The California Department of Aging
https://www.aging.ca.gov/Programs/FCSP/
The Administration on Aging, contracts with local community-service systems for assisting caregivers of seniors. And can help with caregiver information, assistance in gaining access to services, counseling and training support, temporary respite, and limited supplemental services You can call 1-800-510-2020 to talk to a I&A service provider.
Supportive Services Program
The Older Americans Act (OAA) can help to provide Supportive Service Programs to enables older adults access to services that address functional limitations, promote socialization, continued health and independence, and protect elder rights. Maybe able to help provide funding for Personal Care, Homemaker, and Chore programs, to provide assistance for individuals and help them remain in their homes. As well as Adult Day Care, Case Management, Assisted Transportation, or vouchers, and Legal Assistance.
Eligibility
Income – No requirement
Age – 60 years or older
Cost – There is no charge for the Supportive Services Program.
Access
Information on Supportive Services
1-800-510-2020
Mesothelioma Information
https://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/stage-4/
Other
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) California’s State Health Insurance Assistance Program
The HICAP network provides free counseling related to all aspects of Medicare.
They can review what best meets your loved ones needs. Call your local HICAP office for assist.
https://www.aging.ca.gov/HICAP/Contact_HICAP/County_List/