Assisted Living Waiver Program
Blossom Ridge, as a care coordinating agency, can assist applicants with navigating the Assisted Living Waiver Program.
What is Assisted Living?
The ALWP defines assisted living based on the standards set by the National Assisted Living Workgroup. Assisted living is a state regulated and monitored residential long-term care option. Assisted living provides or coordinates oversight and services to meet the residents’ individualized scheduled needs, based on the residents’ assessments and service plans and their unscheduled needs as they arise. Assisted living residents have the option of a private room and the ability to prepare simple meals.
Services that are required by state statutes and regulations to be provided or coordinated must include, but are not limited to:
A resident has the right to make choices and receive services in a way that will promote the resident’s dignity, autonomy, independence, and quality of life. These services are disclosed and agreed to in the contract between the provider and resident. Assisted living does not generally provide ongoing, 24-hour skilled nursing. Assisted living units are private occupancy and shared only by the choice of residents (e.g., by spouses, partners or friends).