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Program info
The Alternative Care (AC) program provides home-and community-based services to people who need nursing home level of care but choose to live in the community. The Alternative Care program provides many of the same services as the Elderly Waiver program. Alternative Care is for people with low income and assets who are not eligible for Medical Assistance.
More details are in the brochure Alternative Care (PDF).
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Eligibility
To qualify, you must:
- Be age 65 or older
- Need nursing home level of care as determined by a MnCHOICES assessment
- Not have enough income and assets to pay for a nursing home stay lasting longer than 135 days
- Need services that Alternative Care can provide for less than 75 percent of what Medical Assistance would pay for an older person with a similar level of need
- Have no other way to pay for the services.
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Services
Covered services may include:
- Adult companion services
- Adult day services
- Case management
- Chore services
- Consumer-directed community supports (CDCS)
- Environmental accessibility adaptations (EAA)
- Family adult day services (FADS)
- Family caregiver support services
- Home care nursing
- Home health services
- Home-delivered meals
- Homemaker services
- Individual community living supports (ICLS)
- Non-medical transportation
- Nutrition services
- Personal emergency response systems
- Personal care assistance/Community First Services and Supports (CFSS)
- Respite care
- Specialized equipment and supplies
- Transitional services.
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Apply
Contact the county or tribal nation where you live for information on applying for the Alternative Care program. You can find your county or tribal contact here: Long-Term Care Consultation contacts.
Contact the Senior LinkAge Line at 800-333-2433 to connect with other local services and programs.
