Helps meet both the non-medical needs of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods.

 

Long-term care is a range of services and supports you may need to meet your personal care needs. Most long-term care is not medical care, but rather assistance with the basic personal tasks of everyday life, sometimes called Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as:

• Bathing

• Dressing

• Using the toilet

• Transferring (to or from bed or chair)

• Caring for incontinence

• Eating

Other common long-term care services and supports are assistance with everyday tasks, sometimes called Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) including:

(Light) Housekeeping

• Managing money

• Taking medication

• Preparing and cleaning up after meals

• Shopping for groceries or clothes

• Using the telephone or other communication devices

• Caring for pets

• Responding to emergency alerts such as fire alarms

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What qualifies a person for long term care?

To be eligible an individual must be at least 65 years of age and unable to perform, without substantial assistance of another person, at least two (out of five) Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). The five ADLs considered are: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring and eating.