Homemaker Services

Description

Homemaker Services help with general household activities when a person is unable to manage the home, or when the person regularly responsible for these activities is temporarily absent or unable to manage the home.

Homemaker services may include:

Meal preparation
Routine household tasks
Assistance with activities of daily living (bathing, eating, dressing, mobility, transferring from bed to chair and using the toilet)
Assistance with arranging transportation
Companionship
Informal emotional support
Social stimulation
Monitoring safety and well being

For people on the waivers or Alternative Care Program, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) or Home Management may be provided under the Homemaker service when providers have the appropriate level of licensure.

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers, the Alternative Care program, and the Essential Community Supports program in the Community-Based Services Manual.

Features

Licenses and Certifications

Chapter 245D License

Payment

Alternative Care Waiver (AC)
Brain Injury Waiver (BI)
Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI)
Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver
Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD)
Elderly Waiver (EW)
Essential Community Supports (ECS)