Kentucky

KENTUCKY’S SUPPORT NETWORK

• Family Caregiver Support Program

Offers: Adult day and in-home respite options, which may be capped; other services include counseling, education and training, information and assistance, support groups, care management, family consultation and meetings, legal and/or financial consultation, transportation, assistive technology, home modification/repairs, homemaker/chore/ personal care, emergency response, and transportation.

Funded by: National Family Caregiver Support Program under Older Americans Act Title III E and state general funds; administered by Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Aging Services, and locally by area agencies on aging.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers; care receivers must be age 60 or older. Care recipients must have impairment in two or more activities of daily living for respite/supplemental services or a diagnosis of dementia or related disorder or require supervision.

• Adult Day Alzheimer’s Respite

Offers: Adult day and in-home respite options, with variable caps on services.

Funded by: State general funds; administered by Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Aging Services, and locally by area agencies on aging.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers; recipients must be a minimum of age 60 and have a diagnosis of dementia or related disorder and require supervision.

• Homecare

Offers: In-home respite, with variable caps on services; other services include assessment and case management, home management, personal care, home delivered meals, chore, home repair, and home health aide.

Funded by: State general funds; administered by Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Aging Services, and locally by area agencies on aging.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers; care recipients must be a minimum of age 60 and have impairment in two activities of daily living or three instrumental activities of daily living and be at risk of institutionalization or in an institution and unable to return to the community without supportive services.

• Grandparent and Other Relative Caregiver Support Programs

Offers: Respite care and other support services designed to address the needs of grandparent and other relative caregivers of children. See www.gu.org/factsheets.asp for details on Kentucky programs.

Funded by: Older Americans Act Title III E, state general revenues, and other sources. The Family Caregiver Support Program is administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Aging Services, and locally by area agencies on aging.

Eligibility: Grandparent and other relative caregivers must be a minimum of age 60 and caring for a child age 18 or younger to receive services in the Family Caregiver Support Program.

CONSUMER DIRECTION

Consumer direction is a philosophy that accommodates people’s needs and preferences by offering them maximum choice and control over services they use. Each Kentucky caregiver support program offers consumer direction.

• The Family Caregiver Support Program offers a menu of services to meet the unique needs and preferences of caregivers; a choice of respite providers; and a voucher or budget for respite and/or supplemental services. Family members may be paid to provide respite and other types of care.
• Adult Day Alzheimer’s Respite allows families to determine hours of service within their cap.
• Homecare offers a menu of services and permits individuals and families to make decisions regarding service delivery.

LEGISLATION

None related to caregiving.

Sources: National Association of State Units on Aging, e-mail survey of State Family Caregiver Support Program contacts, Washington, D.C., June 2005; National Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren at Georgia State University, Research—Fact Sheets, Atlanta, Ga., 2005; Feinberg, Lynn Friss, et al., The State of the States in Family Caregiver Support: A 50-State Study, Washington, D.C.: Family Caregiver Alliance, National Center on Caregiving, 2004; Generations United, National Center on Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children, State Fact Sheets, Washington, D.C., October 2003; National Family Caregivers Association, Prevalence and Economic Value of Family Caregiving: State-by-State Analysis, Kensington, Md., 2000; U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.

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