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Home Care Services - Funding Resources |
Home Care Subsidies / Home Care Providers
Personal Care Attendant Registry
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Home Care Services, Aging and Disability Services |
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240-777-3000 (V)
240-777-4575 (TTY) |
Provide assessment for personal care services and funding, and help with personal care to frail elderly and people with physical and/or mental disabilities who need assistance in caring for themselves. Home health aides help eligible individuals maintain an appropriate level of self-sufficiency. Call if you need the service or assessment to determine your qualifications for funding.
Administer the In-Home Aide Services (IHAS) program for people who do not receive third-party reimbursement (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance). You must agree to pay any fee required on a sliding fee scale. In addition, emergency temporary back up coverage for personal care services is available for residents who use the Medical Assistance Personal Care Program. |
| Attendant Care Program - Maryland Department of Disabilities |
Rhonda Simms
217 East Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
E-mail: rsimms@mdod.state.md.us |
410-767-6025 (V)
1-800-637-4113 (TTY) |
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To be eligible YOU MUST:
- Be a Maryland RESIDENT, AND
- Be between the ages of 18 - 64, AND
- Be determined and certified by your physician to have a severe disability that keeps you from performing essential activities of daily living, self-care, and mobility, AND
- Not be receiving duplicative attendant care services on the SAME day; i.e. you could receive service from one program Monday to Friday, and the other on the weekend, AND
- Have a total gross income (taxable and non-taxable) of less than $53,522 per year, AND
- You must be employed, OR you must be actively seeking employment, OR you must be enrolled in an institution of post secondary or high education, OR you must be a nursing facility resident who would be able to reside in the community if attendant care is provided, OR you must be at risk of nursing facility placement if you do not receive attendant care services in the community.
Maximum reimbursement amount is $308.75 bi-weekly based on an income from $0 - $20,000 per year, and the reimbursement rate goes down from there. It is recommended to have the State's Medical Assistance Personal Care (MAPC) services or the County's In-Home Aide Services (IHAS) in place prior to applying to the State's Attendant Care Program. |
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| Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) - Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene |
Southern Maryland Regional Office
312 Marshall Avenue, 7th Floor
Laurel, MD 20707
E-mail: smro@dhmh.state.md.us |
301-362-5100 (V)
301-362-5131 (TTY) |
| Personal care for persons who receive either Individual Support Services or Community Supported Living Arrangements funded by the DDA. |
| Living at Home Waiver for Persons with a Physical Disability - Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care |
E-mail:
brosencrantz@coordinatingcenter.org |
1-800-332-6327 (Toll Free)1-800-925-4434 (TTY)
1-866-417-3480
(Waiver Registry) |
| The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene administers the Maryland Community Choice or Living at Home Waiver that provides services for those eligible individuals that meet a nursing home level of care and are between the ages of 18 and 64. This waiver is designed to provide consumer-directed personal assistance services for adults with physical disabilities in their own home. Waiver services include attendant care, administrative case management, family and/or consumer training, skilled nursing supervision, personal emergency response systems, environmental accessibility adaptations, and occupational and speech/language therapies. Persons receiving Medicaid and living for at least 30 days in a long term care facility are automatically eligible for the Living at Home Waiver. If the person receives both Medicaid and Medicare the wait is at least 60 days before being able to apply for waiver services. |
| Medical Assistance Personal Care Program |
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301-208-0775 (V)
301-208-0776 (V) |
| Provide home care funding to Medicaid recipients who have a doctor's order for such care. |
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| Medicaid Waiver for Older Adults |
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240-777-1334 (V)
240-777-4575 (TTY) |
| Persons eligible for this program are at least 50 years old, have a monthly income of no more than $1,911, assets that are no more than $2,000 to $2,500, and must meet medical eligibility requirements for a nursing home. Services may be provided in the home or in an assisted living facility. These services include personal care, respite care, home-delivered meals, environmental assessment family or consumer training, personal response system, etc. A list of individuals interested in receiving waiver services is being maintained. |
| Rare and Expensive Case Management (REM) |
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street, Room 210
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
1-800-565-8190 (Toll Free) |
| Maryland Medicad program that is part of Maryland's managed care system known as HealthChoice. The program is intended to provide specialized services to people with special health care needs who are also eligible for Maryland Medical Assistance. To be eligible, the person must have a diagnosis that is included in the program's criteria. The individual's special needs must be considered to be outside the scope of services provided through Medicaid managed care organizations. |
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Senior Care Program |
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240-777-3000 (V)
240-777-4575 (TTY) |
| Provide personal care for people who are 65 years or older, have a disability and are at risk of entering a nursing home, whose income is not more than 60% or the State's medican income per month, and have assets that meet the eligibility requirements. |
| Visiting Nurse Association / Skilled Home Health Care |
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301-931-3100 (V) |
| Provide short-term, skilled home health care to medically needy Montgomery County residents of all ages. Third-party reimbursements (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance). All other fees are based on a sliding scale or waiver. Back to top |
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