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Promising Practices in HCBS: North Dakota- Supporting Family Caregivers with Payment for Services
12/15/2004 | 428 Requests *Summary
This document highlights North Dakota’s plan to pay family caregivers for services. North Dakota, as part of its efforts to increase alternatives to nursing homes, uses state funds to provide monthly payments to spouses and other family members to care for low-income people with disabilities, including older people living at home. The report provides background, implementation, and impact information for the program.
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Available Files
- ND-Supporting Family Caregivers PDF (191K)
Keywords
Human Services; Individualized Budget; Caregiving; ;
Topic
Aging Issues, Consumer/Participant Direction, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Promising practices
Source
CMS, Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters)
State
North Dakota
Date Created
06/10/2004
Contact
Nancy Nikolas
Program Administrator for Family Home Care
701-328-4643
Program Administrator for Family Home Care
701-328-4643
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Permission to use any element of this document should be obtained by the above named contact person. Always name the originator as the source of this material.
* Reflects requests since January 1, 2007
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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)