Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas

Description

The AAACT provides Benefits Counseling: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Qualified Income Trust, QMB/SLMB, Long Termca Care Policy and Nursing Facility Care. Information and Assistance: Provide information and assistance services for seniors with: Information, Guidance, Direction and Linkage to appropriate and available community resources, programs and services. Options Case Management: provides assistance to seniors with a recent medical change in maintaining independence with short-term (less than 3 months) supportive in-home services. Included but not limited to: referral, asssessment, care plan development, monitoring, personal assistance, homemaker, home delivered meals, respite care among others. Long-Term Care Ombudsman: Provides advocacy services to residents of long term care facilities/nursing homes based on laws, regulations and procedures. Services include but not limited to: Rights Information, Resource Identification, Complaint Resolution, Volunteer Traning and Assures Quality of Care.