Elder Care (Michigan) « Michigan Matters
Advocacy Alert:
- STOP MORE CUTS IN AGING SERVICES FOR 2011
From Area Agencies on Aging Assn. of Michigan (2/24/10)
Vulnerable seniors have been victims of the state’s budget crisis. Within the past year, programs funded by the Office of Services to the Aging (OSA) have been cut by $7 million – an 18% loss. The Governor’s budget recommendations for FY 2011 include more cuts in OSA services. Totaling $2.3 million, the cuts would reduce in-home services, home-delivered meals, care management, volunteer programs, caregiver supports and other programs that help keep seniors living independently. Without these services, caregivers get burned out and nursing home placement is frequently the result, with seniors spending down their assets and going on Medicaid to pay the $68,000 annual bill. If these cuts go into effect, more than 2,000 older adults would be affected.
While the Governor makes a recommendation, the Legislature makes budget decisions. Your advocacy is needed to convince Legislators that more OSA cuts are ‘penny wise and pound foolish.’ Home and community-based care has proven cost-effective and can save Medicaid money by preventing unnecessary nursing home placement. Last year, $4 million in OSA services for the most at-risk clients saved Medicaid $140 million.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: (Click link above for contact info for members of the Senate subcommittee.)
Patti's Comments: I contacted them all by email…
Elder Care Organizations & Services (Michigan):
Note from Patti: I have no personal experience with, nor do I endorse the organizations and services listed below. If any reader has any input about their experiences with them, please let me know via email at pdudek@pekdadvocacy.com. Thanks!
- Adopt-A-Senior and Not for Seniors Only (The Villager newsletter – 9/08)
See page 2 for articles about Adopt-A-Senior, a program to locate, assist and befriend senior citizens who are in need but have fallen through the cracks of other outreach programs. Not for Seniors Only provides info on Knox Boxes, a device to allow emergency responders access to your house key. - Adult Home Help Services (ARC Oakland)
Assists aged, blind, disabled and other functionally limited individuals with necessary daily activities, which they cannot perform without assistance. - Adult Well Being Services (Detroit area)
In addition to its mental health services, Adult Well-Being provides services for senior citizens and those in need of guardianship services. - Angela Hospice
Here to help and empower you to make the best decisions for you and your family. - Arden Courts – Bingham Farms
Provides a safe and pleasing home for individuals with memory loss. We are a residential living alternative designed for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and other types of memory impairments. - Area Agency on Aging 1-B
A resource connecting seniors and adults with disabilities to services in six counties in SE Michigan. - Baldwin House
Relax and enjoy the charming ambiance of Birmingham in a tasteful apartment home evocative of the elegance and style of another era, paired with the modern, up-to-date services and amenities discriminating seniors demand. - Birmingham Area Seniors Coordinating Council
Enjoy the social and educational environment of the Birmingham Area Seniors Coordinating Council and Center (BASCC). BASCC’s programs include arts and crafts, book discussion groups, card games, dance, exercise and fitness, mature driver refresher courses, sports leagues, and more. - Brown Center Helps Adults With Memory Problems Live Normally (Oakland Press – 12/25/10)
Dedicated to assisting older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders to remain able, active and alert. - Cambridge South Health Care Center
Provides extended-stay nursing care to seniors with varying levels of disabilities in Birmingham, MI. - Citizens for Better Care
A non-profit advocacy agency for residents of nursinghomes, adult foster care homes, assisted living programs and homes for the aged located in Michigan. - ElderCare Link
A site that simplifies the process of connecting with qualified assisted living providers in Michigan or anywhere in the U.S. - Elder Care Practice Tips (Sanford J. Mall)
In the midst of our efforts to learn the new Medicaid rules and how the implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 in Michigan will affect our clients, it is easy to lose sight of the main objective of eldercare planning – improving / enhancing the quality of life of the elder. - Evergreen Health & Living Center (Southfield, MI)
Provides the highest standard of geriatric care, from assisted living to post-acute hospital and long term care. - Friendship Club
It's goal is to complement in-home health care, provide a safe and stimulating homelike environment and give respite for family caregivers.
Patti's Comments: My aunt runs this service and my mother volunteers here. - Long Term Care Reform
News, notes, and opinions from Michigan about the progress of choice-based long term care. - Long Term Care Legal Resource Manual (Michigan State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program)
Several years ago, Kelly Quardukus and Elder Law of Michigan undertook a project to compile federal and state law and regulations relating to long term care. It was recently reformatted and renamed Federal and State Regulation of Nursing Homes. Note: this is a 772 page pdf document, so may take some time to download. - Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation
Enhancing the quality of life for senior citizens in Metropolitan Detroit. - Map of Nursing Homes in Michigan
This chart shows how many beds in a facility are certified for Medicare and Medicaid, but does not tell one how a particular bed in a nursing home in certified. For that information you need to contact the licensing officer. Following is a list of the licensing officers: Lansing Office: Timothy D. Smith (334-8404); Detroit Office: Cynthia Simmons (313-456-0350); Gaylord Office: Catherine Hunter (989-732-8062) - Maple Village
A retirement community of independence and care for active persons - Martha T. Berry Medical Facility
A beautifully renovated, state-of-the-art skilled nursing facility dedicated to compassionately serving Macomb County adult residents with skilled rehabilitation therapy, nursing and medical care. - Michigan Assisted Living Assn.
An organization committed to helping consumers and their families make informed decisions regarding assisted living options and other supports and services in the community. - Michigan Campaign for Quality Care
A non-partisan, grassroots group seeking better care, better quality of life, and better choices for Michigan's long term care consumers. The Campaign has been around since 1998, is well known and respected in policy and advocacy circles in Lansing, and has achieved a number of victories over the years on behalf of long term care consumers. Check out archives of informative newsletters. - Michigan Department of Community Health
Memo re: MI Choice Wait List Quarterly Review - Michigan Dementia Coalition
Their purpose is to improve the quality of life of persons with dementia and their families in Michigan. - Michigan Home Help Program – (Michigan Olmstead Coalition)
As the nation's oldest consumer directed long-term care program, the Michigan Home Help program allows individuals to live in their own home and choose their caregivers. - Michigan's Home Help Services Program (Legal Hotline for MI Seniors)
Designed to enable people of very modest means— who cannot completely manage to care for themselves— to continue to live in their homes rather than nursing homes, adult foster care homes, or homes for the aged. - Michigan Office of Services to the Aging
State resource for information on aging in Michigan. If you're an older adult, family member, or caregiver, here you can easily find and be referred to community programs available in your local area. - MORC Home Care
Because family members can't always be there or simply cannot provide the level of care that needed, MORC Home Care is committed to providing the best in home care services so their client’s can live safely and comfortably at home. See Spring 2010 Newsletter. - National Care Planning Council
A comprehensive resource for long term care planning. - Premier Health Care
Provides several levels of care including rehabilitation services, assisted living, long term nursing care, respite and hospice care. Affiliated with Beaumont Hospitals, we feature Board Certified Physicians trained in geriatrics along with skilled rehabilitation therapists. - Presbyterian Villages of Michigan
Their mission is to serve older adults of all faiths and to create new possibilities for quality senior living. - Sanctuary at Bellbrook
Services ranging from independent living, assisted living, nursing care and memory care. - Senior Brigade
Providing valuable information and resources to Michigan seniors. - SeniorsRUs.org
2 locations in Michigan to meet the needs in assisted living for seniors. - St. Elizabeth Briarbank (Assisted Living for Women)
Our facilities are aesthetically laid out over 13 acres. Our guests can walk the grounds or enjoy the scenery from the comfort of their own room. - Sunrise of Bloomfield Hills
Sunrise takes pride in offering the kind of service and environment that merits the praise and confidence of our residents and their families. - Sutter Living Center, the new special needs Alzheimer’s unit inside Oakview Medical Care Facility, is progressing, and hopes are that the unit will be ready to open in June.
- Transportation Help from Birmingham Area Seniors Coordinating Council (Village Newsletter – 9/08)
See page 15 (lower right hand column) of this newsletter for more info on a service that provides transportation for medical, dental appointments, shopping, activities, etc. - Transportation Riders United
A non-profit organization dedicated to improving transportation access and mobility in Greater Detroit. - Waterford Senior Center
A focal point in the Waterford community for services, programs and activities associated with vital aging. Also provides transportation to/from doctor appointments and errands. Click here for more information. - Working Caregiver Initiative (WCI)
More than 1.3 million people in Michigan qualify as a working caregiver, which is anyone who holds a job and takes on the duties to care for one or both parents. The WCI is a non-profit created to address and assist this growing group of people by offering free support, training and education.
