Visiting Nurse Community Care Service Program

Visiting Nurse Community Care Services Program

Helping seniors and people with functional and/or cognitive impairments stay in their homes.

About Community Care Services Program (CCSP)

Community Care Services Program (CCSP), helps senior adults and people with functional and/or cognitive impairments stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible. CCSP is a program of the Georgia Department of Community Health. Visiting Nurse Health System provides case management oversight for over 2,000 CCSP clients in the Greater Atlanta area at any given time allowing them to access community-based care and retain their independence. The CCSP service options include the following:

Adult Day Program

Available up to five days a week

Daytime care and supervision in an adult daycare center
Therapeutic activities and outings
Meals adapted to prescribed diets
Dementia-specific care

Alternative Living Services

Alternative residence for persons unable to remain independent in their homes
Meals, medically-oriented personal care and nursing supervision

Emergency Response Services

24 hour, 7 day in-home electronic support between the client and a medical control center
Personal Emergency Response System

Home Healthcare Services

Skilled nursing services—physical, speech & occupational therapy, home health aide, medical social services and medication management
Medical case management

Respite Care

In-home & out of home (where available)

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Personal Support Services

Assistance with meal preparation, feeding in addition to hygiene support like bathing, toileting and dressing
Light housekeeping, shopping and other support services

Transportation

Senior transportation services coordinated for medical, dental, vision appointments
Wheelchair accessible transportation options available for senior adults and people with functional and/or cognitive impairments

Home Delivered Meals

Daily or weekly delivery of nutritious meals
Modified meals to meet special nutritional needs

Case Management

All social and medical needs are supported by individual
Case Managers

Community Care Services Program (CCSP) Eligibility Requirements

Functional impairment caused by physical limitation
NOTE: Alzheimer’s and dementia are physical conditions
Unmet need for care
Approval of care plan by applicant/client’s physician
Services fall within the average annual cost of Medicaid reimbursed care provided in a nursing facility
Approval of an intermediate Level of Care (LOC) certification for nursing home placement
Medicaid eligible after admission to CCSP client chooses community based rather than institutional services
Health and safety needs can be met by CCSP
Participation in no other Medicaid waiver program
Medicare home health services do not meet their needs
The need for services beyond home delivered meals
A home environment free of illegal behavior and threats of bodily harm to other persons
A client is NOT required to be homebound to receive CCSP services