Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1426 - SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM
Section 17-1426-3 - Eligibility requirements for clients

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-1426-3

Current through February, 2024

In order to qualify for senior companion services, the individual shall meet the following conditions:

(1) The individual shall need the person-to-person assistance of a senior companion in order to maintain independent living within the individual's home; or

(2) The individual shall be scheduled to be released from a health care facility within two to four weeks and shall need the assistance and support of a senior companion to help prepare the individual to return to and remain in the individual's own home; and

(3) The individual shall be assessed as needing a senior companion by a volunteer station or senior companion program staff and shall have a written care plan;

(4) The individual, or the individual's legal guardian, shall sign the care plan authorizing senior companion visits and specifying the activities to be performed before a companion may be assigned to the individual; and

(5) Be sixty years of age or older.

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