Consumer/Participant Direction

Powerpoint presentation on New Hampshire Consumer Directed Services Program.

This transmittal from the Office of Health Services serves to update nursing home administrators on HB 752. This bill requires that social workers in nursing homes present residents with information on home and community-based services waivers and other programs that might help them live in the community.

This 133 page detailed manual from the state of Florida is designed for consultants responsible for assisting consumers with their participation in the Cash and Counseling Demonstration. Covers outreach and enrollment, consumer training, etc.

99-page detailed notebook for consumers on consumer directed care. Includes roles and responsibilities, budgetting, hiring, et. Created for consumers in Florida, but applicable to all states.

This is a Kentucky bill that was passed when a parent/advocate took her son onto the floor of the Senate and lobbied for its passage - this parent is one of the members of the Real Choices Consumer Advisory Committee. The bill defines self-determined funding and allows for a pilot project for individualized and self-determined funding.

The Living and Working in the Community 2003 conference, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), was held March 4-5, 2003. Participants included Medicaid grantees, consumers, advocates, Federal and State representatives, providers, and academics. The link provide here will direct you to the presentations from this conference. Topics include: Quality assurance, nursing facility transition, mental health, single point of entry, workforce issues and housing issues.

This handbook is a guide to help clients in the Client-Employed Provider Program better use the services available to them through the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) and to have a good working relationship with their employee/provider. This handbook includes examples of a job description and job application.

This audio conference was organized specifically to meet the needs of grantees who expressed interest in finding out more about both the Cash and Counseling demonstrations and the Independence Plus Waivers.

This audio conference was organized specifically to meet the needs of grantees who expressed interest in hearing more about two CMS-sponsored tools designed to help states develop and refine their quality assurance and quality improvement systems. The two tools are the Participant Experience Survey and Workbook.

Under 1115 Research and Demonstration waivers granted by HCFA, the CCDE program was implemented in three states: Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida. Consumers are able to choose between traditional agency-delivered personal assistance services and their cash equivalent. Outcomes from the treatment and control groups are compared in areas such as client satisfaction, quality of care, costs, the types and amounts of personal assistance services received.