Fw: High Level Home Health Care
Concepts (conceptscdpa(AT)earthlink.net)
Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:28:28 -0500
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> From: Concepts <conceptscdpa(AT)earthlink.net>
>
> Subject: High Level Home Health Care
> Date: Monday, January 05, 1998
>
> An alternative solution to the problems of obtaining assistance for
people who require high level home health care services is to develop a
Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program, like the New York City based
program Concepts of Independence, Inc., created in 1977. In the Concepts
program the Personal Assistant can legally provide "high level" services
under the direction of the Consumer.
>
> As a result of a 1992 New York State legislative modification to the
"Nurse
> Practice Act," which we at Concepts fought for, Personal Assistants who
are
> hired, trained, supervised, and scheduled by the Consumer can legally
> preform such tasks as tracheal suctioning, injections, bowel programs and
> other tasks that are typically completed by a Home Health Aid or a
> Regestered / Licensed Professional Nurse.
>
> The above modification also resulted in a multi-million dollar Medicaid
> savings that convinced the State Legislator to mandate the expansion of
> this program into each of the state's 58 counties.
>
> For more information about the Concepts of Independence, Inc., Consumer
> Directed Personal Assistance Program at (conceptscdpap.org), or call
> (212-293-9999).
>
> Ed Litcher, Director
> Concepts, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program