§ 2050.24. Categories of need for homemaker service.
For homemaker service, certain reasons for needing the service, called categories of need, are specified as eligibility requirements. To meet the category of need requirement for homemaker service, as set forth in § 2050.21(6) (relating to general eligibility criteria), a person must need the service for one of the following reasons which are ranked according to priority from highest to lowest:
(1) Emergency basis personal care or home help. To receive personal care or home help to alleviate an unsafe or unsanitary condition on an emergency basis:
(i) A situation must exist in which failure to provide the activity would result in the immediate danger of death, neglect, or serious injury.
(ii) The person must be functionally unable to perform life essential tasks of daily living or care for the person’s dependents.
(iii) The person must live alone or with other functionally disabled or dependent persons or have no family member or other responsible person available and willing to perform life essential tasks for the person or his dependents.
(2) Personal care on an ongoing basis. To receive personal care on an ongoing basis, the person shall:
(i) Be functionally unable to perform life essential tasks of daily living or care for the person’s dependents.
(ii) Live alone or with other functionally disabled or dependent persons or have no family member or other responsible person available and willing to perform life essential tasks for the person or his dependents.
(3) Instructional service. To receive instructional service, the person must be functionally able to perform, but lack the knowledge to carry out, life essential tasks including basic care in home management, care for dependent members of the household, or self care. Service provided under this paragraph may not ordinarily exceed a period of 9 months.
(4) Caretaker relief. To receive caretaker relief, the person shall:
(i) Be functionally unable to perform life essential tasks of daily living or care for dependents.
(ii) Be receiving home care or personal care on a 7-day per week 24-hour basis, from a person whose ability to provide adequate care is decreasing because of constant stress and the lack of personal time. Caretaker relief is limited to a maximum of 309 hours per 12-month period, per household.
(5) Home help on an ongoing basis. To receive home help on an ongoing basis, the person shall:
(i) Be functionally unable to perform life essential tasks of daily living or care for the person’s dependents.
(ii) Live alone or with other functionally disabled or dependent persons or have no family member or other responsible person available and willing to perform life essential tasks for the person or his dependents.
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