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RESPITE
Ellen M. Nau, M.A., Human Services Program Coordinator
Virginia Department for the Aging
RESPITE
Respite is a concept.
It can mean temporary services provided to aged, infirm ordisabled adults that allow their caregivers to take a break fromcaregiving.
Jefferson Board on Aging Adult Day Health Care Center
VIRGINIA RESPITE CARE INITIATIVE PROGRAM
Established by the 1988 General Assembly to provide respitefor elderly (60 and older), and persons with Alzheimer’s diseaseor related illnesses
Clients must have a twenty-four hour caregiver
Respite care limited to 35 hours per month per client
Jefferson Board on Aging Adult Day Health Care Client
VIRGINIA RESPITE CARE INITIATIVE PROGRAM(CONT.)
FY 2009:FY 2009:
83,063 hours of respite provided by this program
309 clients received adult day care, personal care,homemaker, companion care and hospice services
Program participants included 11 Area Agencies onAging and 3 non-profits
Participants must furnish matching funds and costsharing is permitted using the Virginia Department ofHealth sliding fee scale
RESPITE
ADULT DAY CARE
IN-HOMERESPITE
INSTITUTIONALRESPITE CARE
Adult Care Center of Central Virginia
ADULT DAY CARE
Social day care (providing social activities, meals,recreation, and limited health-related services).
Adult health day care (offering more intensive health,therapeutic, and social services for individuals with severemedical problems). Adult day care is useful for caregiverswho cannot stay home all day to provide care, supervision,and companionship.
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES
In-home respite care combines health care and supportservices to help people with disabilities continue living at homeas well as possible. Two types of home care are available:
Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens Crater District Area Agency on Aging
Non-medical home care servicesinclude personal care, companionship,housekeeping, cooking, and otherhousehold activities.
Home health care services providemedical care such as medicationassistance, nursing services, andphysical therapy.
INSTITUTIONAL RESPITE CARE
Institutional respite care in nursing homes, assistive livingcenters, and occasionally hospitals, provide respite care forindividuals with disabilities who need to be away from homeovernight or for several days. They can handle people in need ofmore care.
THE NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORTPROGRAM (NFCSP)
A multifaceted support system that helps families sustain theirefforts to care for an older individual or child
Area Agencies on Aging are encouraged to develop new modelsof caregiver support that enhance the role of the familycaregiver
There must be both a caregiver and a care recipient to qualifyfor Title III-E services
NFCSP ELIGIBLE POPULATION
Caregiver is an adult family member, or another individualwho is an informal provider of in-home and community careto:
An individual who is 60 years of age or older; and for personsreceiving Respite or Supplemental Service, meets thedefinition of “frail” as found in Section 102 (26) of the OlderAmericans Act
A child not more than 18 years of age being cared for by a“grandparent or older individual who is a relative caregiver”55 years of age or older
SERVICE DELIVERY ELEMENTSFIVE BROAD CATEGORIES
Information to caregivers about available services
Assistance to caregivers in gaining access to the services:
Information and Referral/Assistance
Care Coordination
Transportation
Assisted transportation
SERVICE DELIVERY ELEMENTSFIVE BROAD CATEGORIES (cont.)
Individual Counseling, organization of support groups, andtraining to caregivers to assist them in making decisions andsolving problems related to their caregiving roles
SERVICE DELIVERY ELEMENTSFIVE BROAD CATEGORIES (cont.)
Respite care to enable caregivers to be temporarily relievedof their caregiving responsibilities
Adult Day Care
Homemaker
Personal Care
Institutional Respite
Direct Payments
Other
SERVICE DELIVERY ELEMENTSFIVE BROAD CATEGORIES (cont.)
Supplemental services, on a limited basis, to complementthe care provided by caregivers
Chore
Congregate Meals
Home Delivered Meals
Direct Payments
Other supplemental services
VIRGINIA CAREGIVER COALITION
Volunteer coalition that meets bi-monthly at VDA
Formed after coalition training session sponsored by AARP
Discussion centers on a variety of issues of concern tocaregivers and how to resolve these issues
Produced new revised Taking Care A Resource Guide forCaregivers
VIRGINIA CAREGIVER COALITION
90+ members from state, local, AAA, public and privateorganizations
Recognized in 2007, 2008, 2009 by the National Alliance forCaregiving (NAC)
Facilitator presented on the Coalition at the NCOA/ASANational Conference in March, 2009
KINSHIP CARE INITIATIVE STATEWIDE TASK FORCEAND INFORMATION NETWORK
Volunteer coalition that meets quarterly
Focus on issues of interest to relatives serving as parents
Founded on seed money from the Brookdale Foundation –although money is exhausted, the task force still receivestechnical support from Brookdale
Partnership with Kinship Care Workgroup at the Virginia
Department of Social Services
VIRGINIA’S ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATEDDISORDERS COMMISSION
Advisory Committee to the Governor and Secretary of Healthand Human Resources to assist people with Alzheimer’sdisease or related disorders, as well as their caregivers
Nonlegislative citizen members appointed by the Governor,Speaker of the House of Delegates and the Senate Committeeon Privileges and Elections
2007, 2008, 2009 Reports of this Commission advocate formore respite for caregivers
ELECTRONIC PROGRAMS TO AID CAREGIVERS
Developing the PeerPlace Program for easy transference ofclient information
Virginia Easy Access - information for caregivers that has aportal to more information at SeniorNavigator.com
At the Virginia Department for the Aging, we wantall our seniors to age gracefully and comfortably
as they ride into their sunset years!
www.vda.virginia.gov
CONTACT/PROGRAM INFO
Ellen M. Nau, M.A., Human Services Program Coordinator
National Family Caregiver Support Program
In-Home Services
Adult Day Care
Virginia Respite Care Grant
Virginia Respite Care Initiative
Care Coordination for Elderly Virginians
Kinship Care
Money Follows the Person Grant
Elderly Refugee Program
Virginia Department for the Aging
804-662-9340