IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (IHSS)

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
• Personal care services (such as bowel and bladder care, bathing, grooming, and paramedical services)
• Protective supervision for the mentally impaired

Important COVID19 Information
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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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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-Nurs…

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Age Advantage is a non-medical home care agency that serves greater Sacramento seniors and adults in need of assistance at home with tasks such as:

• Meal preparation
• Escort to Doctor visits
• Medication reminders
• Light housekeeping
• Laundry
• Grocery shopping
• Stand by assist when walking, toileting, or showering
• Caregivers can also assist further with bed baths and incontinence care

Staff at Age Advantage is available 24/7 and free consultations are available. Age Advantage is licensed under the CA Department of Social Services.

Websites:

• Age Advantage of Roseville - http://ageadvantageroseville.com/

Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center supports family caregivers of adults with chronic and disabling conditions or diseases.

Founded in 1987, Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center is part of a statewide system of resource centers serving family caregivers. Del Oro covers California’s Gold Country Counties — Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba — and is an independent, private, non-profit program funded by the Department of Health Care Services, Agency on Aging, Area 4, grants and private contributions.

Del Oro is dedicated to serving families caring for an adult with a cognitive impairing condition that occurred after the age of 18 (e.g., Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, and frail older adults) in various counties.

MISSION
Our mission is to improve the well-being of caregivers and provide support throughout the caregiving process.

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The Assistance Dog Special Allowance (ADSA )Program provides a monthly payment to eligible persons who use a guide, signal, or service dog to help them with their disability-related needs. The allowance is to help pay the costs of food, grooming, and health care for the dogs.

To be eligible for the ADSA program, an individual must meet all four of the following criteria:
1. Lives in California
2. Is blind, deaf, hard of hearing, or disabled
3. Uses the services of a trained guide, signal, or service dog
4. Receives benefits from one or more of these programs:

• SSI - Supplemental Security Income
• SSP – State Supplementary Payment
• IHSS – In-Home Supportive Services
• SSDI – Social Security Disability Insurance(SSDI recipients must also meet federal poverty guidelines)
• CAPI– Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants

To obtain an application or more information about the ADSA program, contact:
California Department of Social Services, Office of Services to the Blind
744 P Street, MS 9-7-96
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