The Older Americans Act (OAA) provides funding for a range of programs that offer services and opportunities for older Vermonters to remain as independent as possible and to be active and contributing members of their community.

The OAA also provides a range of services to family caregivers to support them to continue in this essential role. The Older Americans Act focuses on improving the lives of older adults and family caregivers in areas of income, housing, nutrition, health, employment, retirement, and social and community services.

• Services

• Eligibility

• Providers of Services

• Program Contacts

• Policies & Guidelines

• Publications

• Forms

Services Include

• Case Management

• Dementia Respite

• Senior Food and Nutrition Programs

• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Information, Referral and Assistance Services

• Legal Assistance

• National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)

• Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP)

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Eligibility

• Older adults age 60 and over

• Family caregivers (of any age) of older adults

• Older relative caregivers of children under age 18

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Providers of Services

• Area Agencies on Aging
  Area Agencies on Aging provide support to people 60 and older in their efforts to remain active, healthy, financially secure, and in control of their own lives.

If you do not know which of these agencies provides services in your area, call the Senior Helpline at 1-800-642-5119 for assistance.

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Program Contacts

• Community Development Unit
  Phone: (802) 241-4534
• Case Management
  Veda Lyon, Community Development Manager
  Phone: (802) 241-2628
• Dementia Respite, and National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)
  Maria Mireault, Dementia Project Director
  Phone: (802) 241-3738
• Nutrition Programs (Food and Nutrition), and Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
  Mary Woodruff
  Phone: (802) 241-2930

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Policies & Guidelines

• Agency Case Management Standards (December 2001)
  Standards written to provide guidance for case managers and to describe acceptable case management performance. These standards apply to case management services provided to adults 60 years of age and older and to younger adults with disabilities through the Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver, Enhanced Residential Care Waiver and Older Americans Act.

• Agency Case Management Certification Procedures (October 2002)
  In order to ensure the statewide quality of case management services offered to these individuals, DAIL in partnership with Vermont’s Area Agencies on Aging and Home Health Agencies, has instituted a Case Management Certification Program. This certification program applies to individuals providing case management as a service of the Department’s Medicaid Waiver programs and for individuals providing case management as part of the services authorized under the Older Americans Act through the State Unit on Aging and the Area Agencies on Aging.

• Case Management Reference Manual and Study Guide (June 2007) (Updated October 2008)
  This study guide should help you prepare for the Case Management Certification Exam. It is not intended to be a training guide to become a Case Manager. It should be used in addition to the core training and orientation you have completed through your agency.

• Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Time Study

FFY08 AAA Time Study Instructions and Spreadsheet

• AAA Time Study Instructions FFY2008
• AAA Time Study Form
NAPIS Reporting Instructions and Spreadsheet
• NAPIS Reporting Procedures (December 2007)
• NAPIS Template for AAAs for FFY2007

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Publications

• Nursing Home Diversion Project Proposal Abstract

• Nursing Home Diversion Project Grant Attachment B-Narrative (Sept 2007)

• FFY09 Food Stamp Outreach Time Study Results - October 1-31, 2008

• FFY08 Food Stamp Outreach

Time Study Results - October 1-31, 2007

• Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA)
• Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA)
• Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont (COASEV)
• Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging (NEKCOA)
• Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging (SVCOA)
• Statewide Results
• Data Summary

• 2007 US Administration on Aging Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Final Report (April 26, 2007)

• 2007 US Administration on Aging Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Grantee Final Report Excerpts (April 25, 2007)

• 2007 Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Grantee Final Report Excerpts (April 27, 2007)

• Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Evaluation of Project Outcomes Executive Summary Final Report (April 23, 2007)

• Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Evaluation of Project Outcomes Summary Final Report - Appendices Included (April 23, 2007)

• US Administration on Aging (AOA) Strategic Action Plan FY 2007 - 2012 (April 2007)
  AoA’s previous Strategic Action Plan provided a framework for modernizing the role of the Aging Services Network in long-term care. This modernization strategy was designed to strengthen the Network’s role in advancing systemic changes in long-term care at the state and community-level. This Strategic Action Plan for 2007-2012 continues the focus on modernizing the Aging Services Network’s role in long-term care, and gives particular attention to implementing the new provisions contained in the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006.

• Updated - Area Agency on Aging - Area Agency Plan Instruction FFY10-Final (March 2009)
  Complete instructions for submission of Area Plans (narrative, budget, signed assurances and waiver requests) to the Department of Aging and Independent Living.
  

• Area Agency on Aging - Area Agency Plan Instructions FFY2007 to 2010 (January 2006)
  Complete instructions for submission of Area Plans (narrative, budget, signed assurances and waiver requests) to the Department of Aging and Independent Living.

• Vermont State Plan on Aging for Federal Fiscal Years 2006 - 2010 (July 2006)
  This plan reflects the Agency of Human Services’ vision that Vermonters are healthy, safe and achieve their greatest potential for well-being and personal independence in healthy, safe and supportive communities as well as the Department’s commitment to increasing investments in community-based systems of long-term services and supports, to increasing consumer flexibility and choice and ensuring that older adults and individuals with disabilities have easy access to well-coordinated and effective services that promote healthy aging and independent living.

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Forms

Case Management

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Case Management Action Plan
The purpose of a Case Management Action Plan is to form a bridge from the assessment to the actual delivery of services. The case manager develops the Action Plan with the individual receiving services, caregiver, and/or family member. Issues and goals, as well as plans/strategies for achieving the goals are worked out together. The Action Plan provides a written summary of the issues/goals, plans/strategies, responsible person(s), and target dates for completion of the plans/strategies.

• Case Management Action Plan Guidelines
• Revised ILA Follow-up Memo (February 2009)

National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)

• Contact your local Area Agencies on Aging for all essential forms.

• Vermont Caregiver Registration Form

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