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Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Benefits Screening
Home Barrier Removal Grants
General Household Goods Provision
Rent Payment Assistance
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Transportation Expense Assistance
Supported Employment
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Prevocational Training
Respite Care Subsidies
Assessments for those considering a nursing home to determine if home assistance or another alternative might be appropriate.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
Activities of Daily Living Assessment
LifeLong Links-Aging & Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs) provide specialized information, referral, and assistance regarding programs and services available for older adults and persons with disabilities. ADRC Options Counselors provide benefits counseling to help empower individuals to make informed choices about their long-term care options and assist them in accessing needed services. LifeLong Links also provides an online resource directory of resources for people to use.

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Area Agencies on Aging
Specialized Information and Referral
Long Term Care Options Counseling

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Promotes choice and enhances the wellbeing and dignity of aging adults, caregivers, adults with disabilities, and those with the greatest economic need so that they may live independently. Assists Nebraskans in accessing services, supports, and information.

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Long Term Care Options Counseling
Area Agencies on Aging
Specialized Information and Referral

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
ADRC Options Counselors help empower individuals to make informed choices about their long-term care supports and services by providing information about available resources, assisting with planning, and accessing services.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
Home Barrier Removal Grants
General Household Goods Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Respite Care Subsidies
Supported Employment
Transportation Expense Assistance

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
Home Barrier Removal Grants
General Household Goods Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Respite Care Subsidies
Supported Employment
Transportation Expense Assistance
Assists individuals and families in the process of finding the right long-term care living facility.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
Home Barrier Removal Grants
General Household Goods Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Respite Care Subsidies
Supported Employment
Transportation Expense Assistance

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Options Counselors help in planning, identifying, locating, and applying for services and supports based on the individual's needs, values, and preferences.

Provides long-term care information that enables participants and their caregivers to make informed decisions based on the options available in their community. Options discussed include:

- Home- and community-based services like in-home care and adult day services.

- Home-delivered meals.

- Supportive living facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing facilities

Provides an interactive process where individuals get accurate, impartial information and assistance about programs and services available for adults with disabilities and seniors age 60+. An information specialist will help navigate through available resources empowering the person to make informed decisions about long-term care supports and services.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Case/Care Management
Homemaker Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's In Home Respite Care
Specialized Information and Referral
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adult In Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Area Agencies on Aging
Home Delivered Meals
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Provides a nursing facility pre-admission screening to ensure Medicaid applicants in need of nursing facility care receive information on alternative choices appropriate to their level of care and assistance in finding and setting up the services needed.
Provides an interactive process where individuals get accurate, impartial information and assistance about programs and services available for adults with disabilities and seniors age 60+. An information specialist will help navigate through available resources empowering the person to make informed decisions about long-term care supports and services.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Rent Payment Assistance
Home Barrier Removal Grants
General Household Goods Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Respite Care Subsidies
Supported Employment
Transportation Expense Assistance

Assists older adults to remain independent in their home as long as possible by providing an evaluation of the older adults' needs, developing a plan of care to meet those needs, and monitoring their plan to make changes as appropriate to keep them independent.

Care coordinators also provide an evaluation in the hospital or at home to educate individuals about their resource options prior to entering a nursing home.

Categories

Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management