Community Service Powerpoint for Cortland Community Action Program (CAPCO) for CAP 240 - Intermediate Computer Applications with Prof. Janet Ochs

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,
spouse, or a participant’s designated
representative

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

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

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