EISEP: Expanded In-Home Service for the Elderly Program
EISEP (Expanded in-Home Service for the Elderly Program)
What Is The EISEP Program?
This program is administered through a contract with Onondaga County Department of Adult & Long Term Care Services.
How Can EISEP Help?
• Provides non-medical case management to help seniors retain their independence and live in their own homes.
• Care managers coordinate personal care, light housekeeping and ancillary services.
• Case managers provide advocacy and help identify, obtain, and retain public benefits and other assistance to meet the challenges of aging.
• Case managers conduct comprehensive in-person assessments that identify the client’s functional and financial status and their unmet needs.
• In-home, community and private services are then arranged in order to meet the individual needs of each client.
• Feel better, function better, and improve your quality of life.
Why Is The EISEP Program Important?
SJFS helps implement this county-wide program to help seniors who are not Medicaid eligible and their families delay or avert costly and premature placement in nursing facilities. This is done by combining case management services and non-medical supportive services. New York State established the program in 1987 to assist frail seniors who may have chronic physical and/ or mental impairments.
Cost
EISEP participants are required to pay a percentage of their service costs. Rate of payment is based on a sliding scale determined by the participant’s income levels. However, those whose monthly income falls below $1,699 for a single person or $2,289 for a couple will not be required to pay for services, but are asked to contribute if they are able.
Get Started
To make a referral to the EISEP Program, contact Jessica Brown at the Onondaga County Department of Adult and Long Term Care Services. You can call her at 315-435-23632 ext. 4691, or email her at jessicabrown@ongov.net.