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Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE)

What is SOURCE?

Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE) assists individuals who are elderly and/or functionally impaired to remain in their homes and/or communities. For eligible consumers, SOURCE offers community-based services as an alternative to nursing home placement. The Department of Community Health administers and operates the SOURCE.

What services are available through SOURCE?

Adult Day Health

Daytime care and supervision in an adult day center

Nursing and medical social services

Planned therapeutic activities

Physical, speech, and occupational therapy

Meals, including prescribed diets

Alternative Living Services

Alternative residence for persons unable to remain independent in their own homes

Meals, personal care, and supervision

Emergency Response Services

In-home electronic support system providing two-way communication between isolated persons and a medical control center

Service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Home-Delivered Services

Skilled nursing services

Physical, speech and occupational therapy

Medical social services and home health aide

Personal care and assistance with meals

Personal Support Services

Assistance with meal preparation, hygiene and nutrition

Light housekeeping, necessary errands, and other support  services

In-home respite care provided by an aide

Out-of-Home Respite Care

Out-of-home overnight respite care in an approved facility with 24-hour supervision

Home-Delivered Meals Prepared outside the home and delivered to the client

Who is eligible for SOURCE?

The eligibility criteria for SOURCE include the following:

  • Functional impairment caused by physical limitations. NOTE: Alzheimer’s and dementia are physical conditions.
  • Unmet need for care
  • Approval of an intermediate level of care (LOC) certification for nursing home placement
  • Approval of care plan by client’s physician
  • Medicaid eligible or potentially eligible after admission to SOURCE
  • Client chooses community-based, rather than institutional services
  • Services fall within the average annual cost of Medicaid reimbursed care provided in a nursing facility. Health and safety needs can be met by SOURCE.
  • Participation in one waiver program at a time
  • Medicare home health service or hospice (Medicare or Medicaid) does not meet consumer need for services
  • Home Delivered Meals is not the only service need
  • The home environment is free of illegal behavior and threats of bodily harm to other persons

A client is not required to be homebound to receive SOURCE services.

How does an individual obtain SOURCE?

Step 1: The individual contacts the Area Agency on Aging for an assessment.

Step 2: If the individual is eligible for SOURCE, the care coordinator determines which services the applicant needs.

To be screened for the program, please call us at 1-800-283-0041.

What are the financial eligibility requirements?

The following information summarizes the financial eligibility criteria for the SOURCE.

  • SSI category: Persons who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and are eligible for medical assistance. The Social Security Administration takes applications for SSI.

Questions?

Call us now at 1-800-283-0041

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