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Title 111 - EXHIBIT B-0 FY 84 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: HOMEMAKER-HOME HEALTH AIDE Indicate Service This Plan should set forth the method(s) and location(s) of service delivery, the extent of publicity for the service, the extent and nature of coordinated relation- ships with commnity agencies Involved with similar service efforts. The Plan should also indicate tie types of personnel involved in the service delivery, numbers of hours required and the resources (Title 111 or non-Title III funds) to be used to support these p rsons. The method of handling any income contributions to the service should also be o tlined. Please be sufficiently specific. Area Covered : Orange County Method of Delivery : Orange County Department on Aging will use Title III funding to support a part-time Homemaker Coordinator (32 hours ) who will be responsible for the in-service education of homemakers , coordination for appropriate placement of participants with homemakers , and the counseling of parti - cipants needing home care . The coordinator is also to be employed with local funds fob 8 hours (full position) to handle non -elderly cases , thu being able to sierve any request for service . The homemakers will come from a corps of personnel trained to render supportive aid to older per- sons who have lost some ability necessary to maintain independent living These homemakers will be under the supervision of a physician , registere, nurse or family member. The program will supplement the professional nursing and physical therapy services provided by the Home Health Agency and the County Health Department . Older clients will be given the optioi of negotiating payment for service directly with the aide or paying the Department on Aging for one of its hired aides . Three Title V workers w serve as aides and provide free service for clients unable to pay , or Tii XX clients needing additional help. In cooperation I with the County's health agency , a brochure entitled In Home Service's will be updated and distributed . Joint referrals will exist between the Department on Aging , the Department of Social Services , the Home HealthjAgency , Orange-Chatham Comprehensive Health Services , and the County Health Department. Plans are underway for the Department on Aging Homemaker-Home Health Aides to handle all of the Home Health Agency ' s healthlaide service covered under Medicare , Medicaid or private insurance and to co-locate the H-HE[A Coordinator with DSS Chore staff. Project Income : Service participants will be allowed to contribute to the program in a way that will ensure the confidentiality of the contributor. Two people will be involved in the counting and receipting of the contributions . All contributions will be presented to the central agency office to be recorded accurately when received , and accounted for and reported on a regular basis . Contributions will be deposited and used to offset the costs of the program on a current basis . The Department on Aging has established a donation guideline available to senior citizens desiring to make a contribution .