Nursing homes try to maintain the appropriate staff ratio for the varying levels of care, by not taking too many residents within any one particular care level. It is important to inquire how many other residents the nursing home has at the level of care that your loved one will require. This will help you to identify if the nursing home has enough staff to receive another resident. It is also a good time to ask what the staff ratio is on the wing your loved one will reside. This is a Medicaid Waiver program that serves adults with physical disabilities.
Services provided include attendant care and environmental adaptations.
An individual choosing attendant care services must agree and be capable of recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, terminating, and approving payment by completing service logs and time sheets for an attendant. Return to top ElderChoices Waiver ElderChoices is Arkansas Medicaid home and community based waiver designed for persons 65 years of age or older. Persons eligible for services are individuals who, due to physical, cognitive or medical reasons require assistance that would have to be provided in a nursing facility if these services were not used in the home. To apply for these services, contact your county Department of Human Services office. This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant provides funding for the Cash and Counseling Demonstration Project known in Arkansas as Independent Choices.