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Volunteers of America - Minnesota

Respite

In-Home Support Services Office

38 Union St N, Mora, MN, 55051

(320) 679-1245

Website

https://www.voamnwi.org/culturally-responsive-caregiver-support-and-dementia-services

Service Details

Description

Respite provides care on a short-term basis for a person who cannot take care of themselves, and who is usually taken care of by a family member or friend. The service is designed to provide temporary coverage for the caregiver during an absence or need for relief.


Additional Information

Caregiver Services support African American and East African older adults and their caregivers.


About This Location

This provider accepts waivers and Alternative Care for services if written in a support plan.

Contact them about other funding options, like private pay.

Waiver funding may cover up to 30 consecutive days of respite, 24 hours a day.

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers or the Alternative Care program in the Community-Based Services Manual.

If you have waiver funding, the support plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

Features

  • Area Served by County
    • Kanabec County 
  • Payment
    • Alternative Care Waiver (AC) 
    • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
    • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
    • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
    • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 
    • Elderly Waiver (EW) 
    • Free / no cost to eligible clients 
  • Waiver Service Specialties
    • In-Home Respite 
    • Out-of-Home Respite 

Eligibility

Adult caregivers or informal providers of in-home and community care are eligible for support, so long as they are caring for an adult 60+ years of age or an individual (of any age) with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.


Area Served

Anoka, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine counties


Websites

Phone Numbers

Type Number Hours
Main (320) 364-9985

Last Update

12/5/2024

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