ComForCare Home Care Lowell, MA

Eligibility

General

People age 65 or older, or ages 60–64 with a disability, who meet MassHealth financial and nursing-facility-level-of-care requirements but wish to live at home.

MA specifics

The waiver can cover eligible adults beginning at age 60, not only age 65. Services delivered before plan approval are not automatically payable.

What it provides

• Services authorized in an approved comprehensive service plan; including eligible home/community supports.

Eligibility

General

Adult family or informal caregivers of adults age 60 or older or people of any age with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. The federal program also supports specified older-relative caregiver categories.

What it provides

• Caregiver information and access assistance; counseling and training; support groups; respite and limited supplemental services under the federal caregiver-support framework.

Eligibility

General

MassHealth members age 16 or older with qualifying coverage who need physical help or cueing and supervision with at least one daily-living activity. The member and qualified caregiver live together.

What it provides

• Caregiver assistance with daily activities; nursing oversight and care management in the member’s or caregiver’s home.

Eligibility

General

People eligible for MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth with a chronic or permanent disability who need physical assistance with at least two daily-living activities and can manage attendants or have a surrogate/administrative proxy.

What it provides

• MassHealth-funded attendants hired by the participant to provide authorized personal care and daily-living assistance at home or in the community.

Eligibility

General

Veterans or eligible survivors who qualify for VA Pension or Survivors Pension and meet the additional Aid and Attendance or Housebound criteria. Service, discharge, family status and pension eligibility rules also apply.

MA specifics

A federal VA pension benefit; Aid and Attendance and Housebound enhancements cannot be received together.

What it provides

• A higher pension ceiling for eligible Aid and Attendance or Housebound recipients. Actual pension equals the applicable annual maximum minus countable income; the two enhancements cannot be paid together.

Eligibility

General

Adults 22 or older eligible for MassHealth Standard or CommonHealth who need physical assistance or cueing and supervision with at least one daily-living activity in an eligible home setting.

What it provides

• Daily personal care by a GAFC agency’s direct-care worker; with medication reminders; nursing oversight and case management.

Eligibility

General

Medicare beneficiaries meeting the applicable state Medicare Savings Program eligibility rules.

MA specifics

Applications are administered by the state Medicaid program.

What it provides

• Assistance with Medicare premiums and; for qualified QMB beneficiaries; Medicare-covered deductibles and coinsurance. The qualifying category determines which costs are paid.