Offers in-home care for seniors. Works closely with Hospice and other medical care agencies to assist them in caring for their patient's short or long term needs.

Provides Home Health aides to assist with daily living activities, Homemakers and Chore Workers to perform light housekeeping duties, Companions to offer companionship and comfort, Post Operative Care after surgery and discharge from the hospital, and Geriatric Care Managers or Personal Assistants that relieve the client of the responsibilities of the general upkeep and maintenance of a home.

Offers a slate of free classes for caregivers, family members, or anyone interested in improving their skills while caring for a senior or person with a disability. Class topics include universal precautions, lifting and transferring, disaster preparedness, diabetes care, stress management, yoga, and preparing healthy meals on a budget. Call Connecting Point at (530) 274-5601 to register for classes or register online at http://connectingpoint.org/events.

Maintains a registry of independent home care providers. Refers home care providers to seniors and people with disabilities who qualify for In-Home Supportive Services and need assistance with domestic tasks and personal care. Refers home care providers to consumers who do not qualify for IHSS through a private pay registry. Assists care providers in completing the steps to register as an IHSS provider, including orientation, paperwork, and Live Scan fingerprinting. Assists IHSS providers with timesheets and payroll. Provides health benefits to eligible IHSS providers. Offers online and in-person training to care providers, consumers, or anyone interested in improving their skills. 

This resource is eligible for electronic referral. Provides in-home assessments for caregivers and loved ones to help create a specific plan to assist the in-home caregiver with respite and other resources.

Provides volunteer respite caregivers at no cost.

There are regular trainings for volunteers to become Respite Care Specialists. Call for details. 530-205-9514.

Offers outside referral recommendations to caregiving assistance organizations in the community.

Pawnie's Home Care provides home care services for seniors and people with disabilities. They put together a plan to fit each client and their specific needs. Most of their care services are listed below but there may be some that aren’t listed that could be implemented depending on the needs of their clients.  Their goal is to provide regular in home services as well as ones that are outside of the box and not normally provided through other in home care providers. https://www.pawnies.com/services/

Service categories include:

• Care Coordination
• Companionship
• Respite Care
• Meal Planning and Preparation
• Transportation, Outings and Appointments
• Personal Care and Bathing
• Exercise and Rehab Regimen
• Pet Care Assistance
• Light Housekeeping
• Medication Reminders
• Dementia Care
• Hospice Care
• "Extra Mile Service" for things not covered elsewhere

Meals on Wheels is the flagship program of the Older Americans Act. It exemplifies a service designed to help Older Adults Age in Place by targeting people who are home alone during the day and who have difficulty preparing simple meals. For clients who need the service temporarily.

Eligibility:
At the time services are provided, clients shall be:

• 60 years of age or older, sufficiently functionally impaired and homebound; or,
• The spouse, of any age, of an eligible client; or,
• A person with a disability (of any age) who lives with an eligible client.

Menu
See this web page for a link to each month's menu.

Easy
Hot meals are delivered to the door Monday through Friday (except on holidays)

Fresh & Healthy
Meals are prepared fresh daily in accordance with nutritional guidelines for seniors

Flexible
Regular service is offered to those seniors who are homebound, as well as short term services for those recuperating from recent illness, hospitalization or convalescent care.

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IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS)

DUE TO COVID-19 IT IS ENCOURAGED THAT IHSS PAPERWORK BE MAILED OR FAXED TO THE FOLLOWING:
Mail:  101 Cirby Hills Drive, Roseville, CA 95678
Fax:  916-787-8922 or 530-886-3690
Thank you for your cooperation during this time.

The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program will help pay for services provided to you so that you can remain safely in your own home. To be eligible, you must be over 65 years of age, disabled, or blind. Disabled children are also potentially eligible for IHSS. IHSS is considered an alternative to out-of-home care, such as nursing homes or board and care facilities.

View the IHSS brochure (PDF) for more information. https://www.placer.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3775/In-Home-Suport-Services-Brochure-PDF

The types of services which can be authorized through IHSS include:

• Accompaniment to medical appointments
• Grocery shopping
• Housecleaning
• Laundry
• Meal preparation
• Person…

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Public Health Nursing is a program of the County of Placer Public Health

Public Health (PH) Nurses are Registered Nurses who have additional training and certification to work in the community and the field of Public Health. Our goal is to meet preventive health needs of families and individuals, and promote positive health behavior. Our nurses offer in-home care to new parents, children, and the elderly.

If you or someone you know could benefit from Public Health Nursing assistance, start by submitting a Public Health Nursing Referral Form (PDF) to our office. Once received, our nurses contact the referred individual to offer services.

Services provided for:

• Women & Children
• Family & Mental Health
• Elder Care

See Public Health Nursing web page for details.

Web pages :

• Health and Human Services - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1679/Health-Human-Services
• Public Health Nursing Referral Form (PDF) - https://www.placer.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8400/Public-Health-Nu…

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Provides non-medical in-home care for seniors, including personal care, meal preparation, errands, light housekeeping, and companionship.

The In-Home Supportive Services program (IHSS) allows limited-income elderly, blind, or disabled people to hire someone to help them with housework, meal preparation, and personal care. With this help, the IHSS recipient may remain safely in their home and will not need to move into a care facility or an institution. The IHSS program is funded by federal, state, and county resources. The IHSS recipient chooses their care provider, supervises the provider's work, defines how tasks will be completed, and can fire the provider if necessary.

The IHSS program pays providers to provide personal care, such as:

• feeding and bathing
• household tasks such as laundry, shopping, meal preparation, and light housecleaning
• transportation
• protective supervision
• certain paramedical services ordered by a physician

IHSS does not pay for the following services:

• general gardening or yard clean-up that does not present a hazard
• feeding, cleaning up after, or exercising a pet
• moving/lifting heavy furniture, box…

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