Wyoming

WYOMING’S SUPPORT NETWORK

• Family Caregiver Support Program

Offers: Adult day, in-home, overnight and week-end/camp respite options, with no cap on services; other services include counseling, education and training, information and assistance, support groups, care management, assistive technology, and home modification/ repairs.

Funded by: National Family Caregiver Support Program under Older Americans Act Title III E and voluntary contributions; administered by the Wyoming Department of Health, Aging Division.

Eligibility: No minimum age for caregivers; care receivers must be age 60 or older and 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.

• Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Elderly and Physically Disabled

Offers: Adult day and in-home respite options, capped at $900 per month.

Funded by: Medicaid home and community-based services waiver; administered by the Wyoming Department of Health, Aging Division.

Eligibility: Caregivers must be age 18 or older. Care recipients must be a minimum of age 19 and meet nursing home level of care criteria.

• Community-Based In-Home Services Program

Offers: Adult day and in-home respite options, with no caps on services.

Funded by: State funds; administered by the Wyoming Department of Health, Aging Division.

Eligibility: Caregivers must be age 18 or older. Care recipients must be a minimum of age 18 and have impairment in one activity of daily living.

• 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 Wyoming programs.

Funded by: Older Americans Act Title III E, state general revenues, and other sources. The Family Caregiver Support Program is administered by the Wyoming Department of Health, Aging Division.

Eligibility: Grandparent and other relative caregivers must be a minimum of age 60 and caring for a child age 19 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. Two Wyoming programs offer some level of consumer direction.

• Family Caregiver Support Program offers a menu of services to meet the unique needs and preferences of caregivers.
• Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Elderly and Physically Disabled offers consumer-directed attendant care services and direct payments to family members for the purchase of goods and services (including respite). The program also permits family members to be paid to provide homemaker/ chore/personal care 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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