Visiting Nurse SOURCE

SOURCE Partners Atlanta

Service Options Using Resources in Community Environments (SOURCE)

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About Visiting Nurse’s Service Options Using Resources in Community Environments (SOURCE) Program

Service Options Using Resources in Community Environments (SOURCE), creates a continuing care network for at risk individuals who need medical attention, supportive assistance and prefer to stay in their own homes and communities. This alternative to nursing home placement provides comprehensive, preventative medical care along with in-home support services. Care management is central to identifying and providing appropriate service. SOURCE service options include the following:

Comprehensive Primary Medical Care

  • Specialist care coordinated through the participant’s primary care provider
  • Visiting Nurse Care Manager to coordinate care

Adult Day Programs

  • Daytime care and supervision in an adult daycare center
  • Available up to five days a week
  • Therapeutic activities and outings
  • Meals adapted to prescribed diets
  • Dementia-specific care

Personal Support Services

  • Assistance with meal preparation, hygiene and nutrition
  • Light housekeeping, shopping and other support services

Respite Care

  • In-home & out of home (where available)

Home Healthcare Services

  • Skilled nursing with medication management
  • Medical care management
For more information, call the Visiting Nurse
SOURCE Intake Unit!

Emergency Response Services

  • 24 hour, 7 day in-home electronic support
  • Personal Emergency Response System

Home Delivered Meals

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

Transportation

  • Coordinated for medical, dental, vision services

Enhanced Case Management

  • All social and medical needs are supported by individual Care Managers

Alternative Living Services

  • Alternative residence for persons unable to remain independent in their homes
  • Meals, personal care and supervision

SOURCE Eligibility Requirements

  • Have SSI Medicaid or Public Law Medicaid coverage
  • 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
  • Client chooses community based rather than institutional services
  • Health and safety needs can be met by SOURCE
  • 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

Visiting Nurse’s SOURCE Service Area

Barrow
Bartow
Butts
Carroll
Chattooga
Cherokee
Clayton
Cobb
Coweta
DeKalb

Douglas
Fayette
Floyd
Forsyth
Fulton
Gilmer
Gordon
Gwinnett
Hall
Haralson

Henry
Jasper
Murray
Newton
Paulding
Pickens
Polk
Rockdale
Spalding
Walton
Whitfield

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