OLDER ADULTS WAIVER REGISTRY

Maryland's Older Adults Waiver provides assistance to help older adults to live in their own homes or in licensed assisted living facilities.

Older Adult Waiver Services
  • Personal Care
  • Respite Care
  • Assisted Living Services
  • Senior Center Plus
  • Family or Consumer Training
  • Personal Emergency Response Systems
  • Dietitian or Nutritionist Services
  • Extended Home Health Care
  • Environmental Assessments and Accessibility Adaptations
  • Assistive Devices
  • Behavior Consultation Services
  • Home Delivered Meals
  • Case Management

Additional Services for Waiver Participants:

  • Medicaid acute, Primary, and Preventative services
  • Home Health Care
  • Transportation
  • Prescription drugs
  • Medical Day Care
  • Durable Medical Equipment and Disposable Medical Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Maryland residents age 50 and older who need nursing facility level of care

ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES

Medical Criteria
Individuals muse require a nursing facility level of care based on an assessment from their local health department.

Financial Requirements
Monthly income of no more than $1692 (2004)
Assets may not exceed $2000 or $2500 (depending on eligiblity category).

PERSONS INTERESTED SHOULD

If you live in a nursing facility:
You may be able to apply for waiver services now.  Please call your local Agency on Aging for more information, or the Registry.

If you live in the community:
Due to the high demand for Older Adults Waiver services but a defined number of available slots, the state must suspend accepting new waiver applications from people who live in the community.  To reserve your space for when the state can accept new waiver applications, please call the Waiver Service Registry
(toll free) 1-866-417-3480
The Waiver Service Registry is a list of individuals interested in waiver services.

1-866-417-3480

MONEY FOLLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL ACT OF 2003

The Money Follows the Individual Act (MFIA) is a law that became effective July 1, 2003 to help people who want to move out of a nursing facility.  This law makes it illegal for the state Medicaid / Medical Assistance office to refuse an individual access to home and community based waiverservices (HCBS) if:

  • The person is living in a nursing facility at the time the person applies for waiver services; and
  • Medicaid / Medical Assistance paid for at least part of this person's nursing facility stay for at least 30 days before the person applied for the HCBS waiver; and
  • The person meets all the eligibility criteria (age, income, resources, and care level needs) for the HCBS that person is applying for; and
  • The HCBS will qualify for federal matching funds like the nursing facility services do.