* Provides information and assistance on Long Term Care Services.

Provides information and assistance to individuals to help them make informed decisions about long term care. Provides information on many services including home delivered meals, transportation assistance, respite care, home care, legal assistance, and financial benefits.

Information & Assistance of a Full Range of Long Term Care Services and Supports, Streamlined Eligibility screening for Public Benefits Access, Caregiver Supports, Evidenced Based Health and Wellness Interventions ,Options Counseling

The NY Connects of Schoharie County offers specialized information and referral services for long term care issues.

iCircle Care provides coordinated health and social services to people eighteen (18) years of age or older who are Medicaid eligible and require more than 120 days of long term care supports and services due to chronic illness and/or disability and meet Eligibility Requirements. iCircle Care is dedicated to empowering its members to safely reside in their home or community. A Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC) plan is designed to streamline the delivery of long-term services to people who are chronically ill or disabled and who wish to stay in their homes and communities. These services, such as home care or adult day care are provided through managed long-term care plans approved by the NYS Department of Health.

Allows families to sit down and talk things over with a trained volunteer mediator.

* Provides information and assistance on Long Term Care Services.
* Offers screening for social and medical needs and available service options.
* Offers community outreach through home visits.

Provides information, assistance, and referral for long-term services and supports available in New York. Serves people of all ages and incomes.

Provides on-going, medically based, care management for children and adults; personal and consumer directed home care services. Works with Medicaid Waiver programs to provide personal care.

Provides one stop access to comprehensive information and assistance on long term services and supports for people of all ages or with any type of disability. Services include public education, Long-Term Care Council, and options counseling/person-centered counseling.

Provides a central access point to long term home care services for those with chronic long-term home care needs.

NY Connects can work with anyone who needs information on long term services and supports.Services include: Personal care services Education and Counseling Behavioral health/developmental supports and services Health and WellnessNY Connects can help: Find care and support Remain independent Understand care options find transportation learn about supports in caregiving find supported employment programs Get answers about Medicare Apply for Medicaid and other benefits

Provides information and referral regarding long term care for the elderly and disabled.

Information, referral, services and resources for older adults, caregivers, and individuals with long term care needs.Direct Services include: Counseling, support groups and information on many issues associated with aging and caregiving Home visiting services pair homebound seniors with volunteer visitors Senior housing information Assistance in applying for benefits such as Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (HIICAP) Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) In home Fall safety assesments Ombudsman Program advocating on behalf of residents of long term care facilities in Tompkins, Chemung and Schuyler counties Farmers Market Nutrition Program, providing free coupons to income-eligible individuals age 60+ Publications such as the Senior Circle, Caregivers Newsletter, and resource guides for older adults and caregivers.Subcontracted services include:. home delivered meals, congregate meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education for seniors through Foodnet. registry of private home care providers, maintained by the Finger Lakes Independence Center. home promotion program, health insurance counseling, Senior Circle Newsletter and Mosaic program, run by Lifelong. legal services through Legal Assistance of Western NY (Tompkins-Tioga). Expanded In-home Service for the Elderly Program (EISEP) case management, long term care assessment, homemaking/personal care services and housekeeper/chore services. Respite services for caregivers. Transportation services through Gadabout

Eligible individuals can receive information and referrals for Expanded in-home services for the Elderly Program and Medicaid services such as:- Referrals for home care services (personal care aides and consumer directed personal assistants) for low to moderate income levels for Tompkins County residents, including senior citizens and residents of any age with disabilities who need long-term care.- In-home assessment for an evaluation to determine specific Long Term care needs along with case management for ongoing assistance and monitoring of these services- Assistance with finding appropriate residential care.- Guidance through the process of nursing home placement by completion of Patient Review Instrument (PRI), a nursing assessment required by New York State for nursing home placement.- Referrals to local adult care homes.Traumatic Brain Injury- Assistance to referral to Traumatic Brain Injury waiver service, including completion of ongoing assessments required for recipients. Nursing Home Transition Diversion- Assistance with referral to waiver service, and completion of ongoing assessments required for recipients.Private Duty Nursing- provide information for application process and services, for individuals who require continuous skilled nursing care.Referrals for Personal Emergency Response System, FoodNet, HEAP and WRAP.Family type home- provide information for requirements of starting a family type home.

* Provides information and assistance to older adults and their caregivers that includes: Information, referral and advocacy. Case management. Long Term Care Options Counseling to help consumers make informed decisions about care. Benefits counseling and assistance applying for public benefits such as HEAP, Medicaid, EPIC, Medicaid, Medicare Savings Program, etc. Health Insurance Counseling. Medicare 101 workshops. Transportation information and referrals. Legal Assistance. Caregiver counseling, information and support. Senior housing guide. * Provides Nutrition Services. Home delivered meals. Congregate dining sites, lunch and dinner. Nutrition counseling and education. Farmers Market coupon program. * Provides community-based support services. Homemaker/Personal care services. Housekeeping/chore services. In-home assessment. Grab bars, rails, ramp referrals Personal Emergency Response Systems Respite care Project Lifesaver Matter of Balance and health promotion programs Volunteer program

* Provides Medicaid assistance for those who are looking for Home Health Care services in their home. * Assists with the enrollment process into managed long term care programs, and provides home health aides to service the patients in their home. * Lead Fiscal Intermediary for the Consumer Directed/CDPAS Home Care Program.

Serves as a point of entry into the long term services for older adults and people of all ages with disabilities. Some of these services include: personal care services (preparing meals, housekeeping, bathing, transportation, home safety and accessibility and household finances), education and counseling, behavioral health/development supports and services, health and wellness, insurance information and Options counseling.

Provides EISEP Case Management, Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERs), In-Home Contact and Support, Health Insurance Information Counseling Assistance Program (HIICAP), Home Delivered Meals (HDM), Congregate Meals, Nutrition Counseling, Nutrition Education, Information and Assistance, NY Connects Options Counseling, Afternoon Trips and Transportation, and Senior Center Recreation and Education. Has a contract with the Center for Elder Law & Justice for Legal Assistance.

Provides EISEP Case Management, Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERs), In-Home Contact and Support, Health Insurance Information Counseling Assistance Program (HIICAP), Home Delivered Meals (HDM), Congregate Meals, Nutrition Counseling, Nutrition Education, Information and Assistance, NY Connects Options Counseling, Afternoon Trips and Transportation, and Senior Center Recreation and Education. Has a contract with the Center for Elder Law & Justice for Legal Assistance.

The Open Door Program assists people living in nursing homes and intermediate care facilities receive individualized home and community based services.The Transition Center helps people living in these facilities receive home and community based services. This includes information about the services and supports available in their local community. There are transition specialists at Independent Living Centers in counties all over New York State. Suffolk Independent Living Organization houses the Open Doors Transition Center and Peer Program for all of Long Island. Transition specialists will meet with you and/or your family members to identify what services you will need and help you in getting those services.Open Door's Peer Program is a group of people who have lived in a nursing home and intermediate care facility and are now receiving services and support locally available to them. Peers visit nursing homes and developmental centers to share their experiences with residents and support people who want to move to the community.

Provides information and assistance for individuals who are in need of long term care including help in planning for independence and financial stability while managing disabilities as well as challenges of aging. Advise and counseling is offered on residential options and in home services.