The My-Choice Program
Posted by Patti on October 30th, 2007 / Print This Post
From Michigan:
The federal My Choice program allows someone who needs a nursing-home level of care to remain at home and receive needed care, Justice said. Medicaid covers the costs if the consumer meets the income and asset guidelines, said Jim McGuire, director of planning and advocacy for AAA 1-B.“To be eligible for My Choice, a consumer must be 65 or older and medically eligible for a nursing home or 18 and older with a disability and also medically eligible for a nursing home,” Justice said.
A consumer also can be a nursing home resident and be “assessed to return home” to receive My Choice assistance.
However, an individual’s monthly income cannot exceed $1,869 to receive My Choice assistance. Assets also are limited to $2,000, excluding a home.
Under My Choice, a consumer can receive personal care, homemaking, respite for caregivers, adult-day service, home-delivered meals, private duty nursing, personal emergency response systems, chore services such as cleaning out gutters or snow removal, counseling, home injury control, such as putting in bathroom grab bars, medical equipment supplies and training of caregivers, Justice said.
Those eligible for My Choice, “may need to supplement the costs of the services” based on ability to pay, she said.
After the eligibility evaluation process, a care plan is formulated and discussed with the consumer and his or her family.
October 31st, 2007 at 4:10 pm
i think this is great.some nursing homes are the best let me take that back most nursing homes arent the best.