Eligibility
ICLS covers assistance and support for eligible people age 65 and older enrolled in the Alternative Care (AC) program or the Elderly Waiver (EW).
Covered Services
Includes six service categories:
- Active cognitive support
- Adaptive support service
- Activities of daily living (ADLs) support
- Household management assistance
- Health, safety, and wellness
- Community living engagement.
Active Cognitive Support
This category includes services to support the person with cognitive challenges and issues that are important to them.
Examples
Under this category, our Direct Service Professionals will help problem-solve the person’s concerns related to daily living, and provide assurance to the person. Observe and redirect to address the person’s cognitive, orientation, or other behavioral concerns, and provide check-ins to identify problems and resolve concerns.
Adaptive Support Service
Under this category, our Direct Support Professionals will help the person adopt ways to meet their needs. The services encourage self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on human assistance.
Examples
Our Direct Service Professionals will:
- Provide verbal, visual, and/or touch guidance to help the person complete a task
- Develop and demonstrate cues or reminder tools (e.g., calendars, lists)
- Help the person understand assistive technology directions or instructions to maintain independence
- Practice strategies and similar support methods that promote continued self-sufficiency.
Activities of Daily Living Support (ADLs)s
This category includes services to help the person with ADLs.
Examples
Our Direct Service Professionals will:
- Provide reminders or cuing systems to complete ADLs
- Cue and/or provide intermittent physical assistance with dressing, grooming, eating, toileting, mobility, transferring and positioning
- Cue and/or provide continual supervision and physical assistance with bathing, as needed.
Household Management
This category includes services to help the person manage their home.
Examples
Our Direct Service Professionals will:
- Help with cleaning, meal planning/preparation, and shopping for household and personal needs
- Help with budgeting and money management
- Help with communications (e.g., sorting mail, accessing email, placing phone calls, making appointments)
- Provide transportation when it is integral to ICLS household management goals and when community resources and/or informal supports are not available.
Health, safety, and wellness
This category includes services to help the person maintain their overall well-being.
Examples
Our Direct Service Professionals will:
- Identify changes in the person’s health needs and notify the case manager and/or informal caregivers as needed
- Coordinate or implement changes to mitigate environmental risks in the home
- Provide reminders about and assistance with exercises and other health maintenance or improvement activities
- Provide medication assistance (e.g., medication refills, reminders, administration, preparation)
- Monitor the person’s health according to written instructions from a licensed health professional and report any significant changes as instructed
- Use medical equipment devices or adaptive technology according to written instructions from a licensed health professional.
Community engagement
This category includes services to help the person have meaningful integration and participation in their community.
Examples
Our Direct Service Professionals will:
- Help the person access activities, services, and resources that facilitate meaningful community integration and participation
- Help the person develop and/or maintain their informal support system
- Provide transportation when it is integral to ICLS community engagement goals and community resources and/or when informal supports are not available.
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