In-Home Care

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Ascentria’s Young Parent Living Program serves low-income, single, teenage mothers and their small children who might otherwise be homeless, living in unsafe situations, or sub-standard housing. Teen parents find support, counseling, training, advocacy, and transitional housing within two Ascentria programs in Massachusetts.

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It's a very broken system, and we are teetering on the edge.

'We're teetering on the edge.' Are Medicaid rates making it harder to age at home? – New Hampshire Bulletin Instead of living in nursing facilities, nearly 3,800 Granite Staters are in their own homes and communities thanks to the help they receive with basic needs like bathing, transferring from a wheelchair to bed, managing medications, making meals, and getting to medical appointments.Approximately 600...

Two years ago my friend Paul Scott and I wrote an op-ed urging our legislators to invest in the Choices for Independence (CFI) waiver. Paul was one of thousands of medically vulnerable people in New Hampshire, ages 18 to over 100, who qualify for nursing homes but choose to remain in their own homes.

Paul suffered a catastrophic injury many years ago and it was through the CFI waiver that he was able to remain at home. Despite our plea, CFI is currently failing people like Paul.

Home and community-based care cost a fraction of what a nursing home does. Unfortunately, these programs have been underfunded for over a decade, so badly that New Hampshire ranks 50th in the amount of Medicaid funding it spends on home and community-based care...

Read the full article by clicking the link below.

https://www.ascentria.org/about/newsroom-and-social-media-hub/my-turn-new-hampshire-is-neglecting-its-most-vuln

Amy Moore, Director of Ascentria's In-Home Care Program, testified in front of the New Hampshire House on March 17 in support of the Choices for Independence Program.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. My name is Amy Moore. I am the Director of Ascentria In-Home Care, which provides personal care services for over 400 people through CFI—the Choices for Independence Program. I also serve on the board of the Home Care, Hospice, and Palliative Care Alliance of New Hampshire.

Thousands of Granite Staters depend on the CFI program. These are low-income, medically vulnerable individuals ages 18 to 100 who qualify for nursing homes, but who choose to remain in their own homes. Home and community-based care cost a fraction of what a nursing home does. Unfortunately, these programs have been underfunded for over a decade---so badly that New Hampshire ranks 50th in the amount of Medicaid funding it spends on home and community-based care..."

Read the full testimony here: https://www.ascentria.org/about/newsroom-and-social-media-hub/amy-moore-testimony-cfi

Thank you to the Woman's Club of Concord for the generous mask donation! Our staff and clients can breathe a little safer because of you!

Thank you Aramark and Alliance for Strong Families and Communities for the generous grant and for supporting communities through the Aramark Building Community Initiative! With your help, we're able to provide the following PPE for our front-line staff:

1. 8 oz. bottles of hand sanitizer for In-Home Care workers and clients, and families in our teen parenting program.

2. Washable and/or disposable masks for teen parents, In-Home Care workers and clients, and Services for New Americans staff.

3. N95 masks and scrubs for In-Home Care workers.

Your support is truly appreciated!