Area Agency on Aging Region One

Case management: case managers coordinate care, conduct comprehensive assessments, and authorize clients for home and community-based services including homecare, meals, adult daycare, and respite. They link clients to community resources and provide support to meet the physical, environmental, social and emotional needs of clients and caregivers.

Home-delivered meals: home delivered meals provide homebound older adults and adults with disabilities, who are unable to cook or prepare food for themselves, a hot, nutritious meal each day, allowing them to stay safe and healthy in their own home with access to food. Prepared through a network of contracted providers, meals are usually delivered mid-day by a consistent staff person or volunteer, acting as a welfare check and a connection for meal recipients who often live alone or are isolated. Sack lunches and/or frozen entrees can also be delivered on friday for the weekend.

Home care: home care consists of in-home services provided to older adults and adults with disabilities, who need extra assistance with personal grooming and homemaking tasks. Home care includes attendant care, homemaking, home health aid, and personal care. Services are provided by trained caregivers through a network of providers. Services allow the client to remain safely in the home for longer and decrease social isolation.