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Assessment of assistance availability for older adults with other adults in the home
1:10:53
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Council Member Crystal Hudson raises concerns about older adults being denied services due to the presence of another adult in the home, even when that adult cannot provide necessary assistance. Deputy Commissioner Gili Hershkovich-Kim explains APS's assessment process for such situations.
- APS staff assess both the willingness and ability of other adults in the home to provide assistance
- The assessment involves conversations with the identified willing individual to determine their capability
- If an initial assessment proves incorrect and the other adult doesn't follow through, APS can reassess upon receiving another referral
Crystal Hudson
1:10:53
Okay.
1:10:56
Advocates have been made aware of situations in which an older adult may be denied services due to the presence of another adult in the home despite the fact that the other adult does not or cannot help the older adult in the areas that are the basis for the APS referral.
1:11:13
Can you please speak to how your agency assesses whether an older adult has assistance available to them such that it justifies the denial of APS services?
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:11:22
Absolutely.
Crystal Hudson
1:11:23
And specifically in that type of case where there might be another adult or an adult that's not capable of caring for the person?
Gili Hershkovich-Kim
1:11:29
Absolutely.
1:11:30
So there are there's oftentimes people in the household who are willing and not able or able and not willing.
1:11:40
The APS staff member must assess to assure that the individual that they are referring to as willing is willing and able to assist them.
1:11:49
So throughout the assessment there will be conversations with the individual who is identified as willing and able, and it will be determined how able is the individual to assist them.
1:12:03
Sometimes there will be a family member that through the referral, they they seems to be appropriate to provide the support that there is a need, that the individual needs.
1:12:18
And it could be that at a later time they demonstrate that they did not follow through and another referral will come, and this will be assessed as part of the assessment.
1:12:29
But in order for the individual to be rejected from APS services for someone who is willing and able, the ability as well as the willingness of the other person are both assessed before making that determination.