NEW YORK STATE CARE AT HOME WAIVER

For children that have a skilled nursing need, and  have no Medicaid, the CARE AT HOME program will give them straight Medicaid and as many nursing hours as decided by the nurse that comes down to do the home assessment.

If the patient has an HMO insurance and the family wants to receive nursing they can either try to get through their HMO, or apply to the CAH program to receive the straight Medicaid and the nursing.

Here are some links to information that may be helpful:

Care at Home Handbook for Parents
http://www.health.ny.gov/facilities/long_term_care/docs/manual.pdf

The handbook is easy read and understand.

NY State Deptartment of Health

Developmentally Disabled Children http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/0548/care_at_home_dev_disabled.htm

Physically Disabled Children http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/0548/care_at_home_physically_disabled.htm

NYC  Human Resources Administration
Dept of Social Services
http://www.nyc.gov/html/hra/html/services/care_at_home_program.shtml