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Home & Community Based Services
Non-Medicaid Home and Community Based Services include a range of solutions to help older Georgians live safely, healthily, and independently in their homes and communities.
The Home and Community Based Services program is mandated through the Older Americans Act. It assists individuals age 60 and older and their caregivers. (Note that consumers may be eligible at 55 years old for some programs such as senior employment and kinship care.)
The Division of Aging Services administers, contracting with 12 Area Agencies on Aging, to regionally manage the program and consumer case management.
How to Get Local Help
For information & assistance, eligibility screening, and referral to community services/ resources, contact your regional Area Agency on Aging:
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Available services in your community may include:
Nutrition and Wellness
♦ Congregate (group) Meals at Senior Centers
♦ Home-Delivered Meals
♦ Nutrition and Wellness Education
♦ Counseling
♦ Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
♦ Physical Fitness Classes
♦ Senior Recreation
In-Home Services
♦ Emergency Response Services
♦ Respite Care
(services that offer a brief period of rest for family caregivers)
♦ Friendly Visiting
(home visits to reduce isolation)
♦ Telephone Reassurance
(regular phone calls to reduce isolation and check on an elder’s safety)
♦ Homemaker Services
(light housekeeping, meal preparation, etc.)
♦ Chore Services
♦ Personal Care Assistance
(stand-by prompting or hands-on help with bathing, dressing, and similar activities of daily living)
Caregiver Programs
♦ Respite
♦ Education and Support Groups
♦ Adult Day Services
(daytime care and meals in a supervised group community setting)
Kinship Care Programs (Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children)
♦ Education and Support
♦ Case Management
♦ Counseling
♦ Respite
(services to provide a brief period of relief for caregivers, exs: summer camps and child care)
♦ Special Services
(Exs: Legal Assistance, Tutoring, Respite, etc.)
Other Services
♦ Home Modification and Repair
♦ Home Management Training
(training in self-help and self-care skills, training in daily living skills)
♦ Material Aid
(Limited Availability: payments to or on behalf of an elder for housing/shelter, transportation, utilities, food, etc.)
♦ Mental Health Counseling
♦ Community and Public Education
♦ Home Sharing
♦ Transportation
♦Senior Community Service Employment Program(Click here)
(Adults who are 55 or older and who meet income eligibility requirements can receive training, on-the-job experience in community settings, and assistance with securing private employment through SCSEP services.)
♦Livable Communities Initiatives Special initiatives help communities build their capacity to meet the needs of a growing aging population. Livable Communities efforts relate to housing, community mobility, environmental health, civic engagement, and more.
