Connections to Community Living
Connections to Community Living is a Department of Health Services
(DHS), Division of Long Term Care initiative to help support choice to
live in the community for individuals living in institutional settings.
The main goal of the Department is making community living a success by
integrating long-term services and supports with health care and housing
while building on the promise of equality and full participation for
all.
Project goals for this initiative are to:
- ensure that individuals living in nursing homes are aware of the
supports and options available to live in less restrictive settings
in the community;
- increase relocation of people residing in nursing homes for both
short-term rehabilitation and longer-term stays to home and
community based settings;
- reduce Medicaid expenditures by assisting individuals living in
nursing homes to live in more cost-effective home and community
based settings, where appropriate; and
- increase participation in the Money Follows the Person (MFP)
demonstration and enable the state to claim enhanced MFP match.
Some counties have been identified as areas with large numbers of
Medicaid funded nursing home residents (PDF,
46 KB). In those areas the Department will assign
Community Living Specialists (CLS) to assist the Aging and Disability
Resource Centers (ADRC) with outreach and information to nursing home
residents and nursing homes staff.
Connection to Community Living Nursing Home Intervention and Diversion
Fact Sheet (P-00467; PDF,
38 KB)
Connections to Community Living Brochure (P-00420; PDF,
808 KB)
Connections to Community Living
Initiative PowerPoint (PDF,
2.7 MB)
Last Revised: May 01, 2013 |
