Service Options Using Resources in a Community Environment (SOURCE) creates a caring network for at-risk individuals who need supportive assistance to remain in their own homes or communities. This alternative to nursing home placement provides comprehensive, preventative medical support with in-home and community services.
What SOURCE Offers
SOURCE offers an array of skilled and supportive services to help individuals remain in the community. A case manager works with the client to develop a care plan from the following services:
- Daytime care and supervision in an adult day health center
- Emergency response services
- Personal support service or extended personal support service (for assistance with bathing, light housekeeping, shopping, laundry and meal preparation, in home respite)
- Home-delivered meals
- Skilled nursing
- Meals, personal care and supervision in an approved personal care home
Qualifications
All SOURCE enrollees must:
- Have SSI Medicaid or Public Law Medicaid
- Be 65 or older, with a chronic medical condition OR under 65 and disabled
- Meet the medical and functional criteria for placement in a nursing home
Contact Information
To find out if you or someone you know is eligible for the SOURCE program, please call SOURCE Partners-Atlanta at 404.463.3248 or call AgeWise Connection at 404.463.3333 for more information about all the SOURCE programs available in the Atlanta area.