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The Illinois Community Care Program provides in-home services to over 100,000 senior citizens, allowing them to live independently and avoid more expensive nursing home care. Services include home health aides, adult day care, and emergency response devices. On average, it costs $868 per month per senior to provide these in-home services, compared to $2,791 per month for nursing home care through Medicaid. However, Governor Rauner now plans to exclude almost 40% of current clients from the program by increasing eligibility requirements, which could force many seniors into nursing homes.
Top5things ccp
- 1. Top 5 Things you should know about Illinois’ Community Care Program for seniors "...helping older people live independently"
- 2. More than 100,000 Illinois senior citizens still live in their own homes with the assistance of home health aides. Without that help they would be forced to move to assisted living or nursing homes.
- 3. Why does that matter and why does the State of Illinois benefit from funding these programs?
- 4. Illinois’ Community Care Program, begun in 1979, provides in-home and community-based help to senior citizens, allowing 104,491 older Illinoisans who otherwise might need nursing home care to stay in their own homes and neighborhoods.
- 5. The program provides a variety of services: adult day care, aides who visit and help with cleaning and cooking, emergency response devices so seniors can easily call for help if they fall or have any type of medical crisis, trained assistance for people in early stages of Alzheimer’s and more.
- 6. Currently, any Illinois resident age 60 or older with a documented need for services can receive help through the Community Care Program, although seniors with higher income levels must contribute to the cost of their care.
- 7. On average, Community Care Program services needed to keep a senior citizen in his or her home cost $868 per month. The alternative, paying for nursing home care for a Medicaid-eligible client, costs the state $2,791 per month.
- 8. Gov. Rauner is taking action to exclude almost 40 percent of current clients: senior citizens who depend on in-home assistance to live independently and avoid expensive nursing home care.
- 9. “I’m too crippled to work, and all I need is a little help. Don’t we, as citizens who have paid taxes all of our lives, deserve to be treated better? Apparently, our governor thinks we are just a burden.” - Low-income senior Ray Miller, helped by Community Care
- 10. IllinoisSenateDemocrats.com © Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus 2015 Learn more: Illinois Community Care Program Rauner’s cuts would lead to more seniors in nursing homes (VIDEO)