Role
The adult services program serves disabled and elderly adults through programs that:
- Assist with appropriate out-of-home placements when necessary
- Maximize an individual's self-sufficiency and improve their level of functioning
- Prevent the inappropriate institutionalization of impaired adults
- Protect older and disabled adults from abuse, neglect and/or exploitation
These services may include:
- Community-based care through the Medicaid program
- Adult day care
- Companion services
- Counseling as needed
- Placement services