Family Caregiver Support Program
Aging Ahead, the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging, provides a Family Caregiver Support Program wherein caregivers are given information on minor home modifications to support the caregiving process.
Service type: Minor home modifications
Home Safety Program
Senior Age’s Home Safety Program includes home modifications such as the installation of grab bars and handrails, hand-held showers, toilet risers, shower seats, and safety pendants that help with emergency situations. The Agency also helps with arranging a contracted handyman for repairs.
Montana Money Follows the Person Program
Money Follows the Person (MFP) is a demonstration program that helps Montana shift its long-term care system by reducing the use of institutionally based services and increasing the use of home and community-based services (HCBS). MFP is focused on helping individuals transition from inpatient facilities to the community. Services include home accessibility adaptations.
Montana Big Sky Waiver Program: Elderly and Physically Disabled
The Big Sky Waiver (BSW) Program allows people who would otherwise be institutionalized to live in their own home and community. The services are made available through the Senior and Long-Term Care Division (SLTCD) with the Department of Public Health & Human Services (DPHHS). A case management team examines an individual’s medical and psychosocial needs […]
Montana Assistive Technology Program
The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages. MonTECH is Montana’s federally-funded assistive technology program.
Falls Prevention Program
The mission of the Montana Falls Prevention Program is to empower older adults in Montana to reduce their risk of falls by providing accessible, evidence-based fall prevention programs, promoting awareness of fall risks, and coordinating efforts across health care providers and community partners to create safer environments for all Montanans to live independently.
Community Pathways Medicaid Waiver
The Community Pathways Medicaid Waiver provides services in the community as an alternative to receiving services in an institutional setting. Supportive services include career exploration, respite care services, assistive technology and services, behavioral support services, community development services, community living-enhanced supports, and environmental assessments and modifications.
Home and Community-Based Options Waiver for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
This Medicaid Waiver provides community services and supports to help older adults and people with disabilities live at home through assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and grooming. Environmental assessments and home adaptations are included.
Maryland Department of Disability’s Assistive Technology Program (MDTAP)
The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages.
Community Living Program: Home Modification and Repair Program
The Home Modification and Repair Program of the Howard County Office on Aging and Independence promotes safety and well-being for older adults in Howard County. The program enables a group of professional partners to provide consultation, along with home modification, repair, and retrofit services to qualified residents who want to remain in their own homes. […]