Elant at Fishkill, Inc.

• Foster Care candidates must be eligible for residential care and not have access to a suitable home in the community.
• Candidates must be either 65 years old or older, or must be physically disabled adults 18 years old or older.
• Candidates must have some medical needs and a medical diagnosis.
• Candidates require 24-hour supervision but do not need total care.
• Referrals of candidates are usually made of immediate family members, hospitals, adult homes or the Department of Social Services, OMR and Mental Health Agencies.

• Foster Families may be couples with or without children, single parents or adults living alone or with others.
• Caregivers are professional nurses who are currently inactive, qualified personal care workers, aides or home health aides or persons who are willing and able to be trained as qualified personal care workers.
• In the application process, prospective Foster Families are carefully screened, including references, and a home visit is conducted. Details such as bathroom accommodations, wheelchair accessibility, closet space, smoke detectors and other safety features in the house are checked by Fishkill Health Center staff. The family's home is also inspected and certified by the Department of Social Services.

• Foster Families must live in a house or apartment with safe accommodations for one, two or three clients.
• Foster Families must provide 24-hour supervision for the client. Providers must also have a qualified back-up person to stand in when necessary.
• The Foster Family must have another source of income to sustain the household and the primary caregiver must not have a job outside the home.
• The caregiver must have a yearly physical.

• Social Security
• SSI (Supplemental Security Income)
• Medicaid
• Private Resources

One of only two such programs in the county, LTHHCP provides comprehensive care in the comfort and privacy of the client's own home. The program is open to anyone in Dutchess County eligible for care in a residential care facility or nursing home.

Admission is based on the results of a detailed assessment, after which a comprehensive care plan is developed by the primary nurse who coordinates the various services. The program is long term in that it is designed to help clients stay in their homes for as long as possible.

LTHHCP is covered by Medicaid, Medicare or private pay provided that the amount of service needed is within 75 percent of what it would cost to be in the local nursing home.

It is said that home is where the heart is.

But in Dutchess County, home care can also be where the help is for the elderly or disabled adult in need of daily health care. Elant at Fishkill offers three excellent programs that help individuals remain as independent as possible in the home.

An alternative to residential nursing home care, Elant at Fishkill's programs foster a sense of freedom, individuality and personal dignity. They differ from other programs in that they are uniquely comprehensive and individualized. Each client's care plan is created just for them. The plan considers the medical, social, psychological and environmental aspects of his or her situation. To maximize the care, family and support systems play an important role in designing the plan. This "creative care management" is the primary focus of each Elant at Fishkill program.

• Professional Nursing Care
• Occupational Therapy
• Home Health Aides
• Physical Therapy
• Personal Care Aides
• Respiratory Therapy
• Homemakers
• Speech Therapy/Audiology
• Housekeepers
• Nutritional Counseling
• Medical Social Workers
• Medical Supplies
• Medical Equipment & Appliances