Waiver

Personal care provides assistance with:

• Ambulating
• Application and removal of adaptive devices
• Bathing
• Dressing
• Feeding
• Laundry and cleaning can be provided as needed
• Toileting

Agencies

• Public Partnership LLC
  Phone: 877-858-8158

Home health care services include health services nursing services, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy provided to the individuals to enable them to remain in the community.

Agencies

• Care Unlimited
  Phone: 800-828-1813
• Interim Health Care
  Phone: 814-375-9615

This system provides an emergency response through the use of electronic equipment between a person's home and the Response Center. The system provides reassurance to both the consumer and their families that help is available when needed.

Agencies

• Alert One
  Phone: 866-581-4540
• American Medical Alert Corporation
  Phone: 516-536-5850
• Automated Security Alert
  Phone: 800-338-7114
• Connection America
  Phone: 800-893-7000
• Critical Signal Tech
  Phone: 888-557-4462
• CS Technologies Plus
  Phone: 814-677-2447
• Guardian Medical Monitoring Inc.
  Phone: 188-349-2400
• Network Emergency Alert System, LLC
  Phone: 412-779-0696
• Phillips Lifeline
  Phone: 800-451-0525
• Valued Relationships Inc.
  Phone: 800-860-4230

They provide medical equipment for individuals that are not covered by their medical insurance. A prescription is required from the Primary Care physician and a Medicaid denial is needed for this service.

Example of services provided through medical equipment are wipes, grab bars, hand held showers, lift chairs, bedrails, etc. It is for adaptive equipment to maintain consumer independence in the home and to make it easier for the family to care for them.

Agencies

• Butler Diaper Service Person Care Products
  Phone: 724-285-4284
  
• Home Care Delivered Inc.
  Phone: 800-565-6167
• Home Wellness Inc.
  Phone: 800-949-4455
• Med Care
  Phone: 814-337-6900
• Med Way Medical supply
  Phone: 570-617-0385
• Promise Direct from MSI
  Phone: 800-777-6647
• Wheelchair and More Corp
  Phone: 800-537-8861
• Wilmington Medical Supply Inc
  Phone: 866-708-2730

This system provides meals to home bound individuals in their homes who have difficulty meeting their own nutritional needs. Must be enrolled in the PDA waiver program. To be enrolled in the PDA waiver the consumer must be Nursing Home Clinically Eligible (NFCE) and Financially Eligible. The individual requesting Home Delivered Meals must:

• Be homebound and not have a way to get out to get their own meals
• Be homebound and be physically / mentally unable to prepare their own meals, even if they had the "raw materials" to do so
• Be 60+ years old (Spouse can also receive if it's determined to be in the best interest of the person being assessed for meals, even if under 60 years.)

These nutritious meals meet 1/3 of the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. They are available for home delivery for individuals deemed in need.

Agencies

• Mom's Meals
  Phone: 888-343-8020
• The Nutrition Group
  Phone: 724-763-8608

Activities are designed to promote well-being through social and health-related services. Adult day care centers operate Monday through Friday, in a safe supportive, cheerful environment. Nutritious meals that accommodate special diets are included, along with afternoon snack.

Hours

The centers are open Monday trough Friday (excluding Holidays) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Agencies

• Clarion Forest Adult Daily Living Center
  Phone: 814-782-3036
• Tracy Jo's Adult Day Care
  Phone: 814-677-5121

PDA Waiver consumers have the option to choose their Supports Coordination Agency. A Supports Coordinator assesses and determines the needs of older individuals - especially the frail receiving care at home. Supports Coordinators assess and determine the needs of older individuals - especially the frail receiving care at home and develop a care management plan to provide for those needs, coordinate and ensure that services are delivered properly, and keep an ongoing record of care rendered. Supports Coordination assists individuals in learning how to preserve self - support and increase self - sufficiency.

Agencies

• A Bridge to Independence
  Phone: 724-856-4553
• Coordination Care Inc.
  Phone: 724-614-1141
• County Homemakers SCE, INC.
  Phone: 814-371-5500
• Service Access and Management (SAM INC)
  Phone: 814-227-7569
• Service Coordination Resources
  Phone: 800-530-5541
• Supports Coordination of Northwest PA
  Phone: 814-464-0593
• Venango County Older Adult Services
  Phone: 814-432-9711

They provide community placement for individuals 60 and older who are wavier eligible and in need of nursing home level of care services.

Agencies

• Monarch
  Phone: 814-969-2285