“Everyone deserves the right to age at home if they choose to,” said Wolf in a prepared statement.
“The initiatives my administration has been putting together to help seniors stay in their homes offer options to make a smart decision about services. No one wants a cookie-cutter offering of where they should live or what their health care should look like.”
The website, http://carelink.pa.gov, connects users with more than 350 in-home service providers, which appear on a searchable directory offering personal care, assistance with activities of daily living, companionship services, respite care and rehabilitation services.
Also, residents of Beaver County and 13 other southwestern Pennsylvania counties may be eligible to enroll in a new managed-care program for seniors, those with long-term disabilities and others starting in January.
The state’s Community HealthChoices program will begin a three-phase roll out, being fully implemented by 2020. It will serve hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania residents.
“Both PA Link to Community Care and the soon-to-be-launched Community HealthChoices present community options to help Pennsylvania’s seniors choose the best care for themselves or their loved ones,” Wolf said.
Those who are eligible for Community HealthChoices are at least 21 years old, dual enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid programs, or receiving long-term services and support through various waiver programs, receiving care in a nursing home paid by Medicaid, or an Act 150 participant who’s dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. CHC will replace many of the state’s current waiver programs for people with long-term service needs.
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New state programs will provide options for aging seniors
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