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7. IN HOME CARE SERVICES <br /> Division Narrative <br /> 1. Overall Division Goal <br /> The. Orange County Department on Aging's goal is to provide in-home <br /> supportive services to the elderly, handicapped and infirm in <br /> an effort to promote independence or self-sufficiency and to post- <br /> pone or to prevent institutional placement. <br /> To accomplish this goal,.. three distinct services .were established <br /> (1) Homer Home Health Aides, (2) Chore-Handihelper, and <br /> (3) Telephone reassurance. <br /> 2. Homemaker-Home. Health Aides (H-'SSA) <br /> A. Overall Service Objectives <br /> The H.EEA service objectives are (1) to provide trained H-HH. <br /> Aides who will render supportive in--home care to 70 elderly and <br /> (2) . to handle (assess a refer) 250 in-home care requests from <br /> - older adults and other county residents. <br /> 2. Service Description and Highlights <br /> Homemaker Home Health. Aides are placed in the homes to provide <br /> or to assist with personal care, health care, nutrition services, <br /> home ranagPme=lt, shopping, transportation and to encourage/teach <br /> family and friends to meet the on-going needs of the clients. <br /> The trained Aides work under the supervision of a registered <br /> nurse (program coordinator) and according to a plan of care writ- <br /> ten by the nurse and the client, or the client's primary care <br /> giver. Service is scheduled according to the needs of the client <br /> and may range from one to twenty-four hours everyday or only <br /> several times per week. <br /> Every non-emergency referral/request for H-HEA services is fol- <br /> lowed by an in-home assessment by the program coordinator be- <br /> fore an aide is placed in the situation.. This assessment <br /> screens. out inappropriate referrals- for service and helps to link <br /> clients with more appropriate resources. <br /> H-HSAides are trained according to Rational Home Caring Council <br /> standards involving a minimum of sixty hours of. formal instruc- <br /> tion and an additional fifteen hours of practical experience. <br /> Eighteen E-HHAides were graduated in June from a training program <br /> jointly sponsored by the DoA and DSS; some graduates joined the <br /> existing corps of aides. <br /> Funding for H-SEA service is derived from three sources: <br /> Title III monies under the Older Americans Act are available <br /> to those 60 years and over for a maximum of 42 hours of service. <br /> Priority is given to the economically and socially needy. A <br /> sliding scale is available for those who wish to make donations <br />
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