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Sarah Driscoll, supports coordinator with the MI Choice Waiver Program, and Janet Elliot, a supports coordinator with the Senior Alliance Care Management program, discuss how they help coordinate programs and services to make sure participants receive what they need to keep them safe within their homes.
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Gail Wejrowski, waiver program clinical manager, talks about the MI Choice Medicaid Waiver program, which provides services that help eligible adults remain in a home or residential setting. The program provides personalized support and services in the home rather than in a nursing facility. Oftentimes, participants experience a reduction in unplanned medical care and their families experience less caregiver burnout. The program is funded through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
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Gail Wejrowski, waiver program clinical manager, talks about how the MI Choice Waiver Program determines what services a participant receives, how service levels are re-evaluated, time limits, how the Senior Alliance contracts with and monitors caregivers, and what happens when a participant is hospitalized.The MI Choice Waiver Program can also help participants move out of a nursing home and back into a residential setting.
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Jason is joined by Kari West, Senior Alliance manager of the Medicare and Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP). Kari describes the program as a free service that educates, counsels, and empowers Michigan’s older adults, individuals living with disabilities, and those who serve them so that they can make informed health benefit decisions.
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The Senior Alliance acts as a connection point to resources, services, and programs in the community for older adults and their caregivers. We also oversee a network of service providers, in addition to providing programs and services ourselves. Jason Maciejewski, chief advocacy and planning officer of The Senior Alliance, describes how The Senior Alliance came into being and how it operates today.
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