Oregon

OREGON’S SUPPORT NETWORK

• Family Caregiver Support Program

Offers: Adult day, in-home, overnight and weekend/camp respite options, with variable local caps on services; additional services include assistive technology, supplies, education and training, emergency response, family consultation and family meetings, homemaker/chore/personal care, home modification/repairs, information and assistance, legal and/or financial consultation, support groups, and transportation.

Funded by: National Family Caregiver Support Program under Older Americans Act Title III E; administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services/Seniors and People With Disabilities 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 and a diagnosis of dementia or related disorder and/or require supervision.

• Medicaid Waiver/In-Home Care

Offers: Adult day, in-home, and overnight respite options, with no cap on services; other services include care management, assistive technology, consumable supplies, education and training, emergency response, family consultation and family meetings, homemaker/chore/personal care, home modification/repairs, information and assistance, legal and/or financial consultation, support groups, and transportation.

Funded by: Medicaid home and community-based services waiver, state general funds, and client contributions; administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services/Seniors and People With Disabilities and locally by area agencies on aging.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers; care recipients must be age 18 or older and have an impairment in a combination of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.

• Lifespan Respite Care Network

Offers: Adult day, in-home and overnight respite options, with no cap on service; additional services include counseling, education and training, information and assistance, and support groups.

Funded by: State general funds and local/county funds; administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services/Seniors and People With Disabilities and locally by area agencies on aging, county health, mental health or developmental disabilities programs, or university extension programs.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers or care receivers.  No functional requirements for care receivers.

• 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 Oregon programs.

Funded by: Older Americans Act Title III E, state general revenues, and other sources. The Family Caregiver Support Program is administered by the Oregon Department of Human 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. All Oregon’s caregiver support programs offer some level of consumer direction.

• Family Caregiver Support Program offers caregivers a menu of services from which to choose and vouchers or budgets for respite and/or supplemental services.
• Medicaid Waiver/In-Home Care permits family members to be paid to provide respite, personal care, and other types of services
• Lifespan Respite Care Network offers caregivers a menu of services, a choice of respite providers, and vouchers for respite services.

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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