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Idaho Caregiver Alliance/Idaho Lifespan Respite Coalition

Caregivers

Care Receivers

The reality for many caregivers

Potential Need for Respite: 277,290 – 320,000 caregivers

∗Senior Population ∗Veterans ∗Children ∗Adults ∗Children living in a grandparent- headed household

Snapshot of Community and Organizational Capacity

• Social Services
• Infant Toddler Program
• Children’s Mental Health Services
• Council on Developmental Disabilities
• State Independent Living Council and Centers for Independent

Living

• Idaho Commission on Aging/Area Agencies on Aging
• A and D and DD waivers
• Veteran Services
• Wounded Warrior Project
• AmeriCorps Legacy Corps Caregiver Support

Non-profit organizations and volunteers

Idaho Caregiver Alliance Respite Providers Community Based Agencies State Organizations Planning and Advocacy Groups Volunteer Organizations State Organizations State Initiatives (SHIP, NWD)

Mission

The Idaho Caregiver Alliance promotes collaboration that improves access to quality, responsive lifespan respite and

• ther caregiver supports, advancing the

well-being of caregivers across Idaho.

Enhance community-based supports for caregivers and recipients of care, including sustainable resource network for lifespan respite

• Progress:
• Completed Needs and Capacity Assessment
• Enhance Regional Networks
• Lewiston Lifespan Respite/Idaho Caregiver Summit

July 16

• Idaho Falls during fall 2015

Goal Lifespan Respite Project

Progress

• Increase Awareness and Access to Respite
• Project with 211
• Caregiver Task Force Concurrent Resolution passed
• Integrate with other state initiatives
• Statewide Healthcare Innovation Plan
• No Wrong Door
• Emergency Caregiver Respite project launched

Caregiver and Capacity Assessment, 2014

Caregiver Needs Assessment

• A “snap shot”
• Identify gaps in support
• On-line survey
• Jan – August 2014
• Target audience – unpaid caregivers
• More than 246 responses

“Snap Shot” of a Caregiver in Idaho

• Most aware (82.6%), but had not used respite (73%)
• Female (82.5%)
• 55 + years of age (58%)
• Caregiver for 4 + years (63.2%)
• Cares for one person (59.5%),

most often a parent

• Provides care 24/7 (34.3%)
• Employed full time
• r part time (57.2%)

Snap Shot of Care Receivers

5 2 7 15 34 37 42 72 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Other Grandparent Friend or Neighbor Other relative Adult Child Spouse or partner Minor Child Parent or Parent-in-law

Number of Individuals Relationship

Survey said . . .

• 70% do not know where to find respite

services

• If caregivers could secure respite, they

would use the services once a month

• r more
• Previous use of respite did not meet

caregiver needs

Frequently identified barriers

• Unable to locate services
• Cannot afford respite
• Concerned about an outsider

providing care

• Do not qualify for respite services
• Care recipient refuses help from
• thers

Priority Needs and Next Steps

• 1. Services perceived to be unavailable.
• Promote respite services
• Use a common language
• Promote the value of support
• 2. Help caregivers overcome barriers.
• Consumer and provider education
• Promote quality assurance measures
• 3. Access points for information and services.
• Consumer-driven access points
• Empower caregivers to make informed decisions

Capacity Assessment

• Information collected from online resources and key

informant agencies.

• AARP’s Idaho Price Guide to Long-Term Care

Insurances & Services (2013)

• Idaho 2-1-1 Careline
• Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
• Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental

Health

• Idaho Senior Blue Book
• Area Agency on Aging, Area 1 – 5
• Children’s Mental Health, Region 3 and 7

Enhanced regional networks

Increase Awareness and Access to Respite

Caregiver Task Force

Caregiver Task Force

http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2015/HCR024.htm

Integration with statewide initiatives

SHIP Supporting Goals

Goal 1: Transform primary care practices across the state into patient centered medical homes (PCMHs). Goal 2: Improve care coordination through the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and health data connections among PCMHs and across the medical neighborhood. Goal 3: Establish regional collaboratives to support the integration of each PCMH with the broader medical neighborhood.

SHIP Supporting Goals

Goal 4: Improve rural patient access to PCMH by developing virtual PCMHs. Goal 5: Build a statewide data analytics system. Goal 6: Align payment mechanisms across payers to transform payment methodology from volume to value. Goal 7: Reduce healthcare costs.

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Idaho Healthcare Coalition RCs PCMH and Medical Neighborhood Care Team Patient

Oversees the development of this performance driven population management system Support practices in transformation to a PCMH Provides primary care services and coordinates care across the larger medical neighborhood of specialists, hospitals, behavioral health and long- term care services and supports Improved health by receiving all primary care services through a patient-centered approach

IDAHO NO WRONG DOOR GRANT

Goal: Establish a three year NWD strategic plan to address the gaps in access to Long Term Care Services and Support (LTSS) for Idaho seniors and people with disabilities through one No Wrong Door. No Wrong Door Mission: Empower people to make long term care (LTC) decisions by providing reliable resource information and person centered counseling through a network of community organizations.

Emergency Caregiver Respite

Emergency Caregiver Respite Pilot Project by the Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

http://idahofederation.org/respite-care-through-idaho-coalition-for-the-aging/

Thank you

Pam Catt-Oliason Program Specialist, Idaho Commission on Aging

Pam.Catt-Oliason@aging.idaho.gov

Sarah E Toevs Director, Center for the Study of Aging

stoevs@boisestate.edu

Stephanie Bender-Kitz Project Lead Idaho Community Initiative on Advance Care Planning

skitz@jannus.org