1. A Program From the Cortland County
Community Action Program, Inc.(CAPCO) In
Collaboration With The Local Department of
Social Services (LDSS)
Presentation Created By: Timothy Lennon (SUNY Cortland)

2. Traditional Home Care Not Meeting Your Needs?

3. CDPAP is a self-directed task-based home care
model for Medicaid eligible consumers who:
 Need home care services
…and…
 Can manage their own care
* OR…
- have a responsible adult willing to
assume the program’s responsibilities on
their behalf.

4. The Basis of the Program:
Many disabled individuals have the ability to choose their
own caregivers and direct their own home care services.
CDPAP’s Solution:
Through Medicaid funding, CDPAP works with the
Local Department of Social Services (LDSS) to make it
possible for approved participants to designate their own
personal assistant.

5. Assistants can be anyone except a parent, or
a participant’s designated representative

6. Lets Recap: How does CDPAP Work?
• Consumers can
Control hire, train, supervise, or dismiss their
personal assistant.
• Consumers schedule when to get
Independence personal assistance, directing how and
when their care plan is managed.
• Consumers are responsible for training
Responsibility personal assistants and overseeing the
care given.

7. A study by the U.S. People Over 65
Department of Health and
Human Services says that Not at Risk
people who reach age 65
will likely have a 40 percent
chance of entering a May Live in
Nursing
nursing home at some Home
point. Many of these cases
might be avoided with
CDPAP.

8. Getting a Personal Assistant
Contact DSS if
Choose an aide Train your aide
interested
Your Doctor
Care plan
receives Receive care
developed
paperwork
Doctor submits Aide becomes
Home Visit
paperwork to an employee of
scheduled
DSS CAPCO

9. Photo/Audio Credits:
All images and audio retrieved from Microsoft Office Clip Art.
CAPCO logo courtesy of CAPCO.
Statistics retrieved from medicare.gov