Policy regarding the ADvantage Program can be found in article AFS Policy: ADvantage Waiver.
People who have health concerns and medical needs which require a more extensive level of care are sometimes hesitant to move out of their home to receive services in a nursing facility. The ADvantage Waiver program is a Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver used to finance non-institutional long term care services for elderly and a targeted group of physically disabled adults when there is a reasonable expectation that within a 30 day period, the person’s health, due to disease process or disability, would, without appropriate services, deteriorate and require nursing facility care to arrest the deterioration.
Some services which may be provided by ADvantage include:
- Specialized medical equipment & supplies
- Medically necessary medications
- Physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy
- Home delivered meals
- Environmental modifications
- Respiratory therapy
- Hospice care
- Personal care
- Respite
- Case management
Individuals may not be enrolled in ADvantage for the sole purpose of enabling them to obtain Medicaid eligibility. Eligibility for ADvantage is contingent on an individual requiring one of more of the services offered in the waiver a least monthly in order to avoid institutionalization.
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