12 Colo. Code Regs. § 2510-1-10.402.1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Section 12 CCR 2510-1-10.402.1 - Caregiving Services Eligibility [Rev. eff. 2/1/16]

A. Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and/or the service providers with whom the AAAs contract shall provide support services to caregivers who are:

1. Family caregivers of other individuals, providing informal in-home, and community care to an older adult (sixty years of age or older) who is "frail" and determined to be functionally impaired because of:

a. An inability to perform at least two Activities of Daily Living (ADL) without substantial human assistance, including verbal reminding, physical cueing, or supervision; or,

b. Cognitive or other mental impairment that requires substantial supervision because the individual behaves in a manner that poses a serious health or safety hazard to the individual or others.

2. Grandparent(s), step-grandparent(s), or older adult(s) who are relative caregivers of a child by blood, marriage, or adoption and are fifty-five (55) years of age or older, and who:

a. Live with the child; and, is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological, step, or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; or,

b. Have a legal relationship to the child, such as legal custody or guardianship, or are raising the child informally.

3. Family caregivers providing care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction.

B. Family caregiver(s) of a care recipient shall be provided respite care and supplemental services under the National Family Caregiver Support Program only if the care recipient is functionally impaired and meets either of the following conditions:

1. Unable to perform at least two (2) activities of daily living without substantial human assistance, including verbal reminding, physical cueing, or supervision; or,

2. Due to a cognitive or other mental impairment, requires substantial supervision because the individual behaves in a manner that poses a serious health or safety hazard to himself or herself or another individual.

C. Priority for caregiving services shall be given to:

1. Older adults in greatest economic need or greatest social need with preference given to low-income minority older adults and older adults residing in rural or geographically isolated areas;

2. Family caregivers who provide care for older individuals (as found in 10.402.1, A, 1) with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders; and,

3. Caregivers who provide care for children with severe disabilities.

12 CCR 2510-1-10.402.1

39 CR 01, January 10, 2016, effective 2/1/2016