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Ohio Area Agency on Aging: Supporting Older Adults & Their Families

Ohio's private, non-profit agency serving a nine-county area, offering community-based services like PASSPORT, ComCare, & Assisted Living.

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Ohio Area Agency on Aging: Supporting Older Adults & Their Families

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  1. Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2 The Resource on Aging Presented By: • Nicole Khaner, Consumer Services Director

  2. Area Agency on Aging PSA 2 • Ohio is divided into 12 Area Agencies on Aging • Private, non-profit agency • Serving a nine-county area responding to the needs of older adults • AAAs are the primary vehicles for organizing, coordinating, and providing community based services and opportunities for older adults

  3. Community Based Long term Care OptionsWhat types of services are available at the AAA? • Information & Assistance • Ohio’s Aging and Disability Resource Network • Assessment & PreAdmission Review • In Home Assistance • PASSPORT • ComCare • Assisted Living • MyCare

  4. Aging & Disability Resource Network • Made up of twelve AAAs, ADRCs, and statewide single entry points • Serve as network of front door to long term services and supports • Ohio Benefits Long-Term Services and Supports (OBLTSS) • “Answers on Aging” • Schedule in-home assessment • Provide information and assistance by phone • Refer to appropriate agency or website • Provide information through mail, email, fax

  5. Assessment & PreAdmission Review • Comprehensive in home assessments completed by licensed Registered Nurse or Social Worker to link to long term community based options. • Level of care assessment • Financial assessment • Medical systems review and medication reconciliation • Review options • Pre Admission Review is required by the State of Ohio prior to admission to a nursing home that accepts Medicaid payment

  6. In Home AssistancePrograms that Help at Home • PASSPORT • Home and community based option • An alternative for nursing home placement • Assisted Living • For those who need more than care at home, nursing home admission is no longer their only option • Available in only certified facilities • Mycare • For those who are dual eligible, Medicare and Medicaid • ComCare • For those who do not qualify for PASSPORT but need help to stay at home • Funded by Montgomery County HSL

  7. Common In-Home Services • Personal Care and Homemaking • Caregiver Respite • Home-delivered meals • Emergency response systems • Adult day care • Transportation

  8. What we do for our consumersSupporting the prevention, reduction & resolution to elder abuse, neglect & exploitation • Care Management • Creation of individualized care plans including purchased services and community resources • Identification and coordination of services and supports to prevent or postpone institutionalization and avoid unnecessary hospitalizations • Critical safeguard in assuring services are delivered • Ongoing ReAssessment • Evaluations to assess changes in health status at home and in nursing facilities, with the goal to keep consumers at home

  9. What we do for our consumersSupporting the prevention, reduction & resolution to elder abuse, neglect & exploitation • Reconciliation • Reconciliation of daily authorized services against provider monthly invoices • Care Transitions • Personal coaching and coordination for seamless transitions from institutions to in-home or community based services • Evidence based interventions • Caregiver Support • Information and respite services provided to assist informal, family caregivers

  10. Community CollaborationWhat works & Challenges • What works: • Robust resource database of community providers and services • In home services are delivered through a network of over 150 providers & 28 assisted living providers in Montgomery County serving our frail seniors • Care Managers can link consumers to an array of community supports & providers in addition to the in home services

  11. Community CollaborationWhat works & Challenges Cont’d • Challenges: • Must be accepted by the senior or caregiver • Must be understood to provide home and community based care • Work best when additional supports are present

  12. Answers on Aging223-HELP • One call for your answers on aging and disability resources!

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