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    Home Care Program

    Provides the following home care services to the elderly and disabled:

    Homemaker services:

    • Bed making
    • Grocery shopping
    • Laundry
    • Light housekeeping
    • Meal preparations
    • Miscellaneous errands


    Personnel care services:

    • Bathing
    • Dressing
    • Grooming
    • Medical escort
    • Toileting
    • Transferring ambulation


    Chore services:

    • Heavy/seasonal house cleaning
    • Minor house repairs  


    Respite services:

    • Relief of family caregiver who has the constant care of a senior or person with disabilities.


    Eligibility:

    • Intake screening and assessment must be performed and prioritization is based on risk institutionalization, as mandated by the Florida Department of Elder Affairs.
    • Usual eligibility for personal care is the inability to perform two or more activities of daily living. 
    • Usual eligibility for homemaker services is the inability to perform three or more instrumental activities.
    • Amount of service provided is based on need, and most services target low income individuals, but a sliding fee is available.


    Services are accessed through:

     

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    Care Planning
    11025 SW 84 Street
    Building 3
    Miami, Florida 33173

    (305) 270-2946

     

     

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