Family Caregiver Services by State
I am New to Caregiving Where Do I Start?
Aging & Disability Resource Connections – No Wrong Door
Vermont’s Aging Disabilities Resource Connections (ADRC) initiative provides people of all ages, disabilities, and incomes with the information and support they need to make informed decisions about long term services and supports.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
ARCH National Respite Network
Online Respite Locator is a service to help families and professionals locate respite services in their community from a database of nearly 3,000 members.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Eldercare Locator
The Eldercare Locator is a nationwide service that connects older Americans and their caregivers with trustworthy local support resources. Elder Locator links those who need assistance with state and local agencies on aging, as well as community-based organizations that serve older adults and their caregivers with services such as meals, home care, transportation, caregiver training and education, or a well-deserved break from caregiving responsibilities
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
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Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)
FCA support and assists families and caregivers through education, advocacy and services. In addition to providing training to technical assistance to California’s Caregiver Resource Centers, FCA hosts the National Center on Caregiving (NCC). The NCC serves as a central source of information on caregiving and long-term care issues and works to advance policies and programs for caregivers in every state in the country.
CareNav is a simple, user-friendly tool designed to help families navigate the complexities of the caregiving journey. Register online or call us toll-free at 800.445.8106.
www.caregiver.org/connecting-caregivers/fca-carenav/
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont Association of Area Agencies on Aging
The association of five non-profit Area Agencies on Aging respond to the needs and directions of older Vermonters and their families by offering information and assistance in many areas. The Area Agencies on Aging can share available options for caregiver support, health insurance counseling, transportation, senior nutrition programs including meals on wheels, adult day programs, home health services, housing alternatives, exercise and wellness programs and supports for Veterans to live independently in their own homes.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Related Resources
Can I Get Help to Pay for Caregiving?
Attendant Services Program
Vermont’s Attendant Services Program is a Medicaid program that allows certain family members, excluding spouses and legal guardians, to be hired, trained, and paid to provide personal attendant services.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Anyone (excluding spouses)
Caregiver Eligibility
Anyone (excluding spouses)
Contact Information
Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living: 802-828-0610
Vermont Center for Independent Living: 802-229-0501 or 800-639-1522
Vermont Area Agency on Aging: 800-642-5119
Global Commitment to Health Waiver
Vermont’s Global Commitment to Health Waiver is a Medicaid (Green Mountain Care) program that allows family members, including spouses, to be paid as the personal care provider. Other services may include but not be limited to:
- Adult day care
- Homemaker services
- Home modifications
- Case Management
- Respite
Care Recipient Eligibility
Anyone
Caregiver Eligibility
Anyone
Contact Information
Department of Vermont Health Access Agency of Human Services: 1-800-250-8427
Market Rate for Long Term Care Services
The cost of that care varies based on care setting, geographic location of care and level of care required, among other things. The Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey tool can be used by you and your family to calculate the estimated cost of long term care in your city or State.
Medicaid State Waivers List
Information about eligibility and requirements for home and community-based services by state.
Related Resources
Government Benefits and General Information
Benefits.gov
Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. Eight years after its initial launch, GovBenefits.gov underwent a major redesign and became Benefits.gov. However, the program’s mission remains the same: reduce the expense and difficulty of interacting with the government while increasing citizen access to government benefit information.
Care Recipient Eligibility
N/A
Caregiver Eligibility
N/A
Contact Information
Benefits.gov is unable to respond to specific scenarios or provide personalized advice. A number of Other Resources and Frequently Asked Questions are available to help answer any questions you may have about government programs, benefits, and services.
For additional government information, you may call USA.gov's National Contact Center at 1-800-FED-INFO (1-800-333-4636), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, to speak to an information specialist.
Benefits.gov – Vermont
Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. Eight years after its initial launch, GovBenefits.gov underwent a major redesign and became Benefits.gov. However, the program’s mission remains the same: reduce the expense and difficulty of interacting with the government while increasing citizen access to government benefit information.
Care Recipient Eligibility
N/A
Caregiver Eligibility
N/A
Contact Information
Benefits.gov is unable to respond to specific scenarios or provide personalized advice. A number of Other Resources and Frequently Asked Questions are available to help answer any questions you may have about government programs, benefits, and services.
For additional government information, you may call USA.gov's National Contact Center at 1-800-FED-INFO (1-800-333-4636), Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, to speak to an information specialist.
Dementia Care & Family Caregiver Support Program
Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living (DAIL) supports family caregivers through a number of activities including Dementia Respite Grants, the National Family Caregiver Program (NFCP) and support to Vermont Kin as Parents.
The Dementia Respite Grant and the NFCP programs are managed by Vermont’s five Area Agencies on Aging. These efforts help family caregivers by reducing stress, maintaining their health, and continuing their caregiving roles. Grants may be used to pay for a range of services including in-home care, respite care, homemaker services, and Adult Day services.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Medicaid State Waivers List
Information about eligibility and requirements for home and community-based services by state.
Office of Veterans Affairs
Provides aged or disabled veterans with rehabilitative, residential and medical care and services. The VA also helps veterans and their families to present claims for veterans’ benefits to the federal government and offers veterans low-cost loans to acquire farms and homes.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont County-Specific Veterans Service Officer Contacts (VSO)
Government program with benefits and services available to veterans and their families. Website offers directory of local services providers.
Contact Information
Medicaid is a health insurance for people with limited income and resources. It pays for a variety of medical services, including in-home care or nursing home care, depending on eligibility.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
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Vermont State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Assists individuals and families with eligibility questions and problems related to Medicare, including prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D, managed care, long-term care planning, health insurance and other health care issues.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Related Resources
Where Do I Go for Legal Help And/Or Dependent Person Mistreatment?
Legal Services Law Line of Vermont
Nonprofit legal services law firm providing free consultation, advice, and community education for low income Vermont residents.
Contact Information
(800) 889-2047
Vermont Adult Protective Services and Elder Abuse Hotline
Adult Protective Services assist vulnerable and elder adults to stop and prevent abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Anyone can make a report about suspected abuse to the Hotline.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont Client Assistance Program (CAP)
Government program advocates for the legal rights of people with disabilities and mental illness. Services include:
– Information and referral
– Legal advocacy
– Education
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont Disability Law Project
Federal program advocates for the legal rights of people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, traumatic brain injury, and beneficiaries of social security. Services include:
– tInformation and referral
– tLegal advocacy
– tLegal representation (limited)
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont Law Help
Contact Information
(800) 889-2047
Vermont Legal Aid
Non – profit organization provides free legal assistance to low-income adults, elderly adults, and adults with disabilities . Services include:
– Information and referral
– Legal advocacy
– Limited legal representation
– Education
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont Office of Health Care Ombudsman
Ombudsmen investigate complaints made by, or on behalf of, individual residents in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living facilities. They also answer questions about the quality of care or financial, physical, or mental abuse in residential facilities.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Related Resources
Can I Get Help While Living In My Home?
Attendant Services Program
Government program provides personal attendant services to assist adults with disabilities maintain independence in their own homes and avoid/delay placement in a nursing facility.
*This program offers a consumer directed option which allows care receivers to hire relatives or friends to provide the care they need.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Attendant Services Program
Vermont’s Attendant Services Program is a Medicaid program that allows certain family members, excluding spouses and legal guardians, to be hired, trained, and paid to provide personal attendant services.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Anyone (excluding spouses)
Caregiver Eligibility
Anyone (excluding spouses)
Contact Information
Vermont Dept. of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living: 802-828-0610
Vermont Center for Independent Living: 802-229-0501 or 800-639-1522
Vermont Area Agency on Aging: 800-642-5119
Enhanced Residential Care (ERC)-Choices for Care
Government program assists low income adults who require nursing level of care delay placement within a nursing home by helping to pay for home and community based services to be provided in an authorized licensed residential care or assisted living facility. Services include:
– Care management
– In-home care
– Social and recreational activities
– Medication management
– 24-hour supervision
– Assistive device
– Home modifications
– Supplemental services
*Flexible Choices is an option of this program which allows care receivers to receive a monetary allowance to hire service providers of their choice, including relatives or friends to provide the care they need.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
High Technology Home Care Program
Government program assists residents of hospitals or other institutional care facilities return to the community, if they are able to do so safely, by managing the transition and providing medical supplies, medical equipment, and skilled nursing services.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
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Home-Based Services- Choices for Care
Government program assists low income adults who require nursing level of care remain in their own homes by helping to pay for home and community based services including:
– In-home care
– Care management
– Adult day care
– Respite
– Assistive device
– Home modifications
– Personal emergency response system
*Flexible Choices is an option of this program which allows care receivers to receive a monetary allowance to hire service providers of their choice. Also allows care receivers to hire relatives or friends to provide the care they need.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Nursing Facility Services-Choices for Care
Government program assists adults who require nursing level of care by helping to pay for support services in nursing home facilities:
– Care management
– Personal care
– Social/recreational activities
– 24-hour supervision
– 24-hour skilled nursing
– Meals/nutritional services
– Medication management
– Rehabilitation therapy
– Supplemental services
*Flexible Choices is an option of this program which allows care receivers to receive a monetary allowance to hire service providers of their choice, including relatives or friends to provide the care they need.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Rewarding Work Resources, INC – Vermont
Rewarding Work, a nonprofit company, provides a web-based resource to help older adults and people with disabilities hire personal care assistants (PCAs) and direct care workers. Also provides a free resource for workers who are interested to find jobs as PCAs. Rewarding Work presently operates in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Vermont.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
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Vermont Center for Independent Living (VCIL)
A network of non-profit, non-residential, community-based centers, run and controlled by persons with disabilities that offer:
– Information and referral
– Peer counseling
– Care management
– Independent living skills training
– Individual and systems change advocacy
– Benefits counseling
– Employment readiness training
– Housing referrals
– Assistive technology services
– Legal aid
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Vermont County-Specific Veterans Service Officer Contacts (VSO)
Government program with benefits and services available to veterans and their families. Website offers directory of local services providers.
Contact Information
Related Resources
Can I Get Help with Residential Care (Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Hospice?)
Enhanced Residential Care (ERC)-Choices for Care
Government program assists low income adults who require nursing level of care delay placement within a nursing home by helping to pay for home and community based services to be provided in an authorized licensed residential care or assisted living facility. Services include:
– Care management
– In-home care
– Social and recreational activities
– Medication management
– 24-hour supervision
– Assistive device
– Home modifications
– Supplemental services
*Flexible Choices is an option of this program which allows care receivers to receive a monetary allowance to hire service providers of their choice, including relatives or friends to provide the care they need.
Care Recipient Eligibility
Caregiver Eligibility
Contact Information
Nursing Facility Services-Choices for Care
Government program assists adults who require nursing level of care by helping to pay for support services in nursing home facilities:
– Care management
– Personal care
– Social/recreational activities
– 24-hour supervision
– 24-hour skilled nursing
– Meals/nutritional services
– Medication management
– Rehabilitation therapy
– Supplemental services
*Flexible Choices is an option of this program which allows care receivers to receive a monetary allowance to hire service providers of their choice, including relatives or friends to provide the care they need.