SECTION .0200 ‑ CLIENT ELIGIBILITY
10A NCAC 06A .0201 ELIGIBILITY FOR IN‑HOME AIDE
SERVICES
(a) Persons eligible for services must be 60 years of age
or older, live at home, and have home management or personal care needs, or
both.
(b) Persons served must be in need of the service for all
of the following reasons:
(1) the person is unable to carry out one or
more tasks essential to the activities of daily living (ADL's) or instrumental
activities of daily living (IADL's);
(2) the person needs help with these tasks in
order to remain in his own home; and
(3) a responsible person is not available to
perform these tasks or the primary caregiver needs relief.
(c) Persons must be served in the following order of
priority:
(1) older adults for whom the need for Adult
Protective Services has been substantiated and the service is needed as part of
the adult protective services plan;
(2) older adults who are at risk of abuse,
neglect, or exploitation;
(3) older adults with extensive ADL or IADL
impairments who are at risk of placement in substitute care;
(4) older adults with three or more ADL or IADL
impairments; and
(5) older adults with one or two ADL or IADL
impairments.
History Note: Authority G.S. 143B‑181.1(c); 143B‑181.9A;
Eff. December 1, 1991.