(a) Placement
services include one or more of the following activities for the individual
meeting eligibility requirements specified in section 17-1418-4:
(1) Determination that domiciliary care home
placement is appropriate;
(2)
Assistance to the individual in learning about, applying for, and receiving
income entitlements such as social security benefits, state supplemental
payments, veterans' benefits, or financial assistance;
(3) Placement into an appropriate domiciliary
care home; and
(4) Monitoring of
the individual's domiciliary care home placement to assist with adjustment and
to maintain the placement, as appropriate.
(b) Case management services include one or
more of the following activities for the individual meeting eligibility
requirements specified in section 17-1418-4:
(1) Provision of services to the individual
in placement and to the individual's relatives and friends, including:
(A) Counseling to resolve problems which made
the individual's placement necessary; and
(B) Preparing and arranging with the
individual, caregivers, and relatives or friends for the individual's return
home or move to another out-of-home placement, including other long-term
permanent care, as appropriate; and
(2) Assistance to remain in a particular
domiciliary care home if the individual does not wish to be moved and the
operator is agreeable to the individual remaining, except when:
(A) The individual requires a higher level of
care than the current home is able to provide; or
(B) The individual no longer needs
domiciliary care services.
(c) The services specified in subsections (a)
and (b) shall be continued for a period not to exceed ninety calendar days
after the department determines the individual's placement to be stable. The
department's determination of stability shall include input from the individual
and home operator and be based on there being no problems which would interfere
with the individual continuing in the placement.
