Veteran Directed Home Services offered by Seattle-King County Aging & Disability Services in Seattle, North & East King County
Veteran Directed Home Services offered by Seattle-King County Aging & Disability Services in Seattle, North & East King County
Provides eligible veterans the opportunity to receive home and community-based services to enable them to continue to live in their homes and communities as an alternative to nursing facility care. An individual budget and spending plan is developed based on the Veteran’s assessed needs and preferences and includes goods and services (including hiring and managing employees) that will best meet the identified needs. This spending plan must be approved by the Area Agency on Aging and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
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Physical Address
700 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104
Hours
M-F, 8am-5pm.
Voice
Website
Application process
Call for more information. Must have a referral from the VDHS liaison at VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
Fee
None.
Eligibility
Must be enrolled to receive primary care at a VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VA PSHCS) hospital or clinic, have a VA primary care team, meet the eligibility criteria for home and community-based services as determined by the VA. To be considered in this category, a Veteran must have/be: - Three or more activities of daily living (ADL) dependencies - Significant cognitive impairment - Receiving hospice services - Two ADL dependencies and two or more of the following: - 3 or more instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) dependencies - Recently discharged from a nursing facility - 75 years old or greater - 3 hospitalizations or 12 outpatient clinics or emergency evaluations - Clinically depressed - Lives alone
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Interpreter services
Agency info
Seattle-King County Aging & Disability Services
State designated Area Agency on Aging (AAA) for King County works to develop a community that promotes quality of life, independence and choice for older people and adults with disabilities. Administers federal, state and local funds for home and community-based services.