Posted January 28, 2010
EMARC Launches Adult Foster Care Program!
This winter The Arc of East Middlesex is beginning a new venture that will benefit adults with disabilities and their families. This new program is Adult Foster Care. Adult Foster Care offers the opportunity of receiving financial assistance while providing live-in care to your adult family member.
The goal of the program is to postpone or avoid the need for out-of- home placement and to ease the financial burden on care-giving families by paying caregivers to provide care in their own homes.
Adult Foster Care was originally designed as a fostering program, a program in which unrelated persons care for someone needing a safe, comfortable home. In 2006, the program expanded to allow family members to care for loved ones with disabilities. Parents (as long as they are not legal guardians), siblings, aunts and uncles, friends etc already caring for or considering caring for a loved one at home are encouraged to apply. ** Unfortunately, spouses and legal guardians of the elder or disabled adult are not eligible for this program
AFC relies on a 4-member team approach: a Registered Nurse, a case manager, a caregiver and the individual to be supported.
Who qualifies for Adult Foster Care?
