What are your options?

The Senior Care Arena

Eurith “Chucki” Long-Emerson Personal Care Home Administrator

Identify the different levels of long term care in Pennsylvania

To have a more in depth knowledge of the levels of care

Understanding of admission criteria for the levels of care

Statistics – pertinent to Pennsylvania Brief overview of Memory Care in

Pennsylvania To have time for Questions and Answers

Objectives

Over 2 million PA Citizens are age 65 and older

Pennsylvania is the 4th state in the United States by percentage of population age 65 and older, behind Florida, West Virginia and Maine.

1 in 5 Pennsylvanian’s are 60 or older

Pennsylvania Statistics

Number of Nursing Homes in PA- 710 -89,000 NH beds

Number of Personal Care Homes in PA –1200

serving 47,000 residents Assisted Living Facilities in PA – 22 in 12

counties Number of HUD Senior Housing in PA – 761 Home Health Care Agencies in PA – 175

Pennsylvania Statistics

2013 Study Long Term Care.govUS Dept. of Health and Human Services

Nursing Homes Private Room - $102,049.00 - $255,091.00

Nursing Home Semi Private Room - $91,250.00 - $270,845.00 (Higher – Dementia Care)

Assisted Living/Personal Care- $36,000.00 & up Adult Day Health - $15, 205.00 Home Health Aide - $34,000.00 - $42,000.00 Homemaker Services - $43, 472.00 -

$46,120.00

Annual Cost of Care in Pennsylvania

Admission Criteria Straight Admission from your home Hospital Admission to a Nursing Home Admission from a Personal Care Home Medicare Admission Medicaid Admission

Nursing Homes

Pay with Your Own Funds Long-Term Care Insurance Veterans Benefits Medicare Medical Assistance

How to Pay / Nursing Homes

Admission Criteria Private Pay Long Term Care Insurance Veterans Benefits (Vet and Spouse) Benevolent Care OPTION- Respite Care

Personal Care Homes

Admission Criteria – similar to PCH Private Pay Long Term Care Insurance State Reimbursement ??? Veterans Benefits Respite Care

Assisted Living Facilities

Admission Criteria Income vs Assets Independent Supported Care Fixed rent

HUD Funded Housing

3 differences between PC & AL1. Concept, Construction & Level of Care

Age in Place2. AL – Living Units with Kitchens, locked

and private rooms. Housing model, Resident can cook and maximize independence.

3. PC – Some have shared Living Space

PCH –vs- AL

There are approximately 107 Memory Care Facilities in PA

2014 – 270,000 diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in PA2025 – 320,000 are estimated to have Alzheimer’s Disease in

PAIncrease of 18.5% from 2014 – 2025

Specialized Dementia Care

PHCA –Pennsylvania Healthcare Association CALM -Center for Assisted Living Management The Pennsylvania Nursing Home Guide: The Law Firm of

Marshall, Parker & Associates, 303 Allegany Street Jersey Shore, PA 17740 www.paelderlaw.com

SF Gate Home Guides http://homeguides.sfgate.com PA Department of Aging PA Long Term Living www.aginginplace.org www.alz.org

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