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Medicaid Managed Care - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Are Changing Their In the c<strong>on</strong>tinuing evoluti<strong>on</strong> of services for pers<strong>on</strong>s with developmental<br />

Waiver Programs to Serve disabilities, some states, such as Fl<strong>on</strong>da, Michigan, and Rhode Island, are<br />

More Individuals at Home changing the focus of waiver program services from group home care to<br />

more tailored services to meet individuals' unique needs and preferences<br />

at home. These states and most others began their waiver programs by<br />

providing services primarily in group homes. Recently, siate officials have<br />

come to believe that for many pers<strong>on</strong>s, services are best provided <strong>on</strong> a<br />

more individualized basis in a recipient's home-his or her family's home<br />

or own home or an adult foster care home-rather than in group home<br />

settings. The three states we visited became c<strong>on</strong>vinced that this was<br />

possible even for pers<strong>on</strong>s with severe disabilities, in part, because of their<br />

success in using this approach in the recently c<strong>on</strong>ciuded Community<br />

Supported lUving Arrangements (-s) program. 7<br />

Slightly more than <strong>on</strong>e-half ofall waiver program recipients nati<strong>on</strong>ally are<br />

estimated to have been living in settings other than group homes in 1936.8<br />

In each of the three states we visited, many 1915(c) waiver recipients now<br />

live in their farnily's home or their own home. In Florida, more than<br />

<strong>on</strong>e-half of all waiver recipients live in settings other than group homes,<br />

including nearly 50 percent who live in their familys home. The majority<br />

of Michigan's waiver program recipients live in small settings other than<br />

licensed group homes. Just under <strong>on</strong>e-half of Rhode Island's recipients live<br />

in settings other than group homes. Each state expects the percentage of<br />

waiver program recipients living in n<strong>on</strong>group home settings to increase.<br />

Officials in the states we visited and other experts told us that serving<br />

individuals with developmental disabilities who live in their own or their<br />

fanily's home and receive less than 24-hour support often requires<br />

changes in the service delivery modeL For example, these settings may<br />

need envir<strong>on</strong>mental changes and supports to make them suitable for<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>s with developmental disabilities. Such changes could include the<br />

instaliati<strong>on</strong> of ramps for pers<strong>on</strong>s with physical disabilities or emergency<br />

commusicati<strong>on</strong> technology and other equipment for pers<strong>on</strong>s with<br />

communicati<strong>on</strong> or cognitive impairments or a history of sewizures who may<br />

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