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The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

Provides home health and personal care services that enable older adults to continue to live independently. Home care services are provided in the community or in a Sholom-owned facility. Services include: - Home health aides - Nurse visits - Occupational therapy - Palliative care - Physical therapy - Remote patient monitoring to measure pulse oximetry, blood pressure, glucometers, temperature, and weight - Speech therapy - Social work services Home care services provided: - Alzheimer's and Dementia care - Bathing and incontinence care - Flexible care options, hourly, daily, and overnight care - Licensed, insured, bonded caregivers - Meal prep, housekeeping, errands, driving to appointments - Medication assistance - Transfers from bed to wheelchairs

- Open enrollment dates are Mid October - Early December - Under both programs Part B premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check, making participants' monthly income increase. - The QMB program will pay the Medicare co-payments and deductibles. For example, if enrolled in the QMB program, the participant does not have to pay the annual part B deductible ($140 in 2012), the 20% part B co-payment, or the part A hospital deductible ($1,156 in 2012). - The participant pays for Medicare services that aren't covered, such as routine physicals and outpatient prescription drugs.

A hot meal is delivered to the client's home at lunchtime. There are no late afternoon meals. Special diets cannot be accommodated but diabetic desserts are available.

Provides information on available resources and how to access the following: - Advocacy - Assistance accessing resources and programs, including care coordination for UCare seniors and UCare Connect Special Needs Basic Care (CSNBC) - Information about area resources for seniors, including financial assistance programs, Medicare program education, and Personal Care Assistant (PCA) - Provide online support group information and resources for individuals living with Alzheimer's or other dementias and caregivers

- Aging Mastery program - Arthritis Foundation exercise program - Chronic disease self-management program (18+) - Chronic pain self-management program (18+) - Fit & Strong!: arthritis exercise class - Matter of Balance: program to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels in older adults - Powerful Tools for Caregivers: a self-care educational program to provide caregivers with tools and strategies to handle caregiving challenges - Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL): exercise focused on strength, balance, flexibility, and basic aerobics

Provides state-funded food assistance to legal noncitizens ages 50 or older who do not qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP, formerly called Food Stamps or Food Support) because of their citizenship status. Monthly benefits are loaded on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, which looks and works like a debit card. The card can be used to buy groceries at authorized stores, farmers markets, and online retailers. Learn more about where to shop and what can be bought. The amount of benefits received is based on income, expenses, and number of people in the household.

Regional Coordinated Entry to Housing Programs agency The family development program provides services that help persons with emergencies and crises, self-sufficiency, shelter and housing, homeless services, and several special projects. Services may include: - Case management - Emergency housing - Foreclosure prevention assistance - Permanent supportive housing - Rent/deposit assistance - Transitional housing

Offers 45 one-bedroom units that are HUD supported senior apartments in Saint Louis Park. Services and amenities include: - Access to campus activities and kosher meals - Access to scheduled home care services through Sholom Home Care - Access to social services - Bilingual staff (Russian and Yiddish) - Controlled entry - Nearby public transportation - Recreational, cultural, and social programming - State funded waivered services for Customized Living Program available - Walking trail and an outside sitting area

- Provides clean, gently worn coats or jackets for men and women, infant snowsuits, children's coats, snow pants and mittens, hats, scarves and boots for the whole family - First come, first served basis

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs: - Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits and countable resource limits apply for individuals and married couples.

Provides a break for caregivers who may be experiencing physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion from their caregiving responsibilities. It allows them to take some time off to rest and recharge while their loved one receives care from qualified professionals. This type of care can be provided for a few days, or even for an extended period, depending on the needs of the caregiver and the older adult being cared for.

- Provides adult foster care for elderly of either gender - Capacity of 5 - 1 Dog - Smoking outside

Minnesota Licensed Skilled nursing facility Services provided are: - 24 hour licensed nursing care - Medication management - Oxygen therapy - Physical therapy, for restorative and maintenance care - Occupational therapy - Speech therapy - Dietary supervision and consults - Medical social services - Mental Health Support service Minnesota Licensed Bed Capacity: Hospital Beds = 20, Infant Bassinets = 6, Nursing Home Beds = 32 Federally Certified Beds: Medicare Hospital Beds = 20, Dual Medicare/Medicaid Skilled Nursing and Nursing Facility Beds = 32

Provides outreach to older adults who are refugees, immigrants, or other literacy-challenged adults. Services offered: - Advocacy and escort - Form assistance - Improve reading and writing skills for English literacy - Phone contact assistance - Service coordination and connection to essential resources for successful independent living - Translation services

Provides information about blindness and visual impairment. Provides assistance to individuals for accessing products, services, and trainings to assist with daily activities and adjustments to vision loss.

Many different card groups meet regularly; also: - Bingo - Cribbage - Dance line groups - Quilting group (accepts donations of material) - Scrabble - Shuffleboard

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs: - Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. - Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. Monthly income limits and countable resource limits apply for individuals and married couples. Countable resource include money in a checking or savings account, stocks, and bonds. A home, one car, a burial plot, $1,500 in burial expenses (if the amount is put aside), furniture, and other household, and personal items do not apply for the resource limit. Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check making participants' monthly income increase, which takes a couple months to process.

Provides an array of senior housing options and care services including: - Assisted Living - Enhanced Care - Memory Care - Personal Care Options - Respite Care - Senior Living with Services

- Presentations on AIDS, STDs, etc. - Health and nurse counseling for industries - Hearing and vision checks for children and teens - Nurse consulting contracts - Daycares - Diabetic education Office visits include: - Hearing and vision screening - Pedicures - Blood pressure screening - Blood tests

Comprehensive geriatric assessment, case management, shopping, transportation, caregiver support and other services to help adults over 60 live safely and independently at home. Services include: - Care Planning and Consultation - Holocaust Survivor Support - Memory Café - Transportation for clients of the program, Monday - Friday, with at least two days' notice - Volunteers who provide friendly visiting and socialization

Friendly visiting for elderly or those in difficult life circumstances

Provides a wide variety of recreational, educational, social, and cultural activities, including: - Advanced Care Planning - Cards, bingo - Computer classes - Exercise, ceramics, and painting classes - Foot care clinic - Health information lectures - Medicare health insurance counseling - Outings and extended travel - Weight loss support groups - Women's support groups - Woodworking instruction

Counseling for: - Death of a spouse or a loved one - Divorce - Relationships with adult children and grandchildren - Health - Socialization - Single Living - Optimizing involvement with life

Provides small community-based residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Services include: - Adult foster care ?- Assisted living facilities - Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals (CADJ) - Community Alternative Care (CAC) ?- Short-term crisis services/placement regarding medical/behavioral needs - Short-term respite care - TBI hospital and nursing home level cares ?- Personal care choice - Personal care attendants - Senior care including in-home and intermittent services