A support group for caregivers to learn coping and caregiver skills and gain knowledge about diseases, medications, research and legal issues.

Provides case management and home care services for eligible individuals.

Provides case management and home care services for eligible individuals.

Provides supportive services to Caregivers of older adults, individuals with Alzheimer's Disease or other chronic dementia, as well as grandparents and other relatives aged 55 and older who are raising grand-children or caring for adults with disabilities.

Provides home health and hospice, medical solutions, pediatrics, and personal care.

Provides home health and hospice, medical solutions, pediatrics, and personal care.

Provides home health and hospice, medical solutions, pediatrics, and personal care.

The Caregiver Support Program is designed to reduce caregiver stress. The emphasis of this program is to respond directly to the needs of caregivers who are caring for a functionally dependent elderly consumer. Financial reimbursement may be provided for out-of-pocket caregiving expenses, such as personal care services, supplies, assistive devices, or home modifications. Total household income determines the specific percentage of monthly reimbursement.

Manages many of the day-to-day responsibilities associated with coordinating support services for individuals with Waivers.

In-home services available to individuals over age 60 years who meet specific financial and program guidelines. An alternative to nursing home care.

Assessment of eligibility and referrals for home/community based waiver programs.

Offers monitoring of waiver services, eligibility determination for intellectual disabilities and autism, and monitoring of provider compliance with state and federal regulations.

Offers compliance with the development of the Individualized Support Plan and insuring the appropriate implementation as required by the Pennsylvania Office of Developmental Programs. Monitors the provider and family compliance with the plan and consumer progress and safety.

Provides support to caregivers of functionally dependent people. Targeted specially for caregivers. It is innovative in that it allows the caregiver the opportunity to manage and control what goods and services will be purchased according to the caregiver’s needs. The goal of the program is to reduce caregiver stress and reinforce the care bring provided to older persons at home.

Provides home and community based long-term care services to individuals as an alternative to nursing home placement. Services are funded through a special federal waiver, which allows Medicaid payments typically used for nursing home care to be used for home care services.

Provides comprehensive senior services which include information and referral/assistance, outreach, case/care management, escort, transportation, homemaker/chores, personal care, home repair and rehabilitation, and home delivered meals.

Provides local services, act as advocates, and generally assists older citizens to remain active in their communities. They operate under guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging.

Services include:
- Senior Centers and other activities
- Legal Assistance
- Benefit Counseling/Assistance with applications
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Ombudsman Services
- Level of Care Assessment
- Transportation
- Provides Caregiver Support Program
- Provides daily hands-on care
- Protective Services for older adults to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment and services to reduce risk for incapacitated persons.
- Senior Farmer's Market Program distributes free vouchers for residents age 60 or older that meet income guidelines

Core services offered after a clinical evaluation:
- In-home services
- In-home meals
- Care/Case management
- Consumer reimbursement
- Adult Day Care
- Personal Emergency Response System
- Personal Care services

Information and referral service provides information on the availability of services and programs for older adults. Services may be delivered directly, purchased from a community agency, or available through a cooperative agreement.

A special waiver of certain Medicaid restrictions, allowing payments typically used for nursing home care to be used for home-care services. Donations are neither accepted nor solicited for waiver services.

Provides support for individuals who live at home. The agency matches appropriate staff with each person, working closely with the individual and their circle of support to develop and monitor delivered services. Home based supports can range from assisting individuals with household chores, cooking, teaching daily living and social skills, or helping them to get involved and connected with their community. Staff may also take individuals to doctor appointments, grocery shopping or to social events in the community.

Home and Community-Based Waiver Services to enable consumers to continue to live in their homes with supports and services as an alternative to nursing home placement.

Under this program, home and community-based long-term care services can be provided as an alternative to nursing home care. It is called a "Waiver" program because services are funded through a special waiver of certain Medicaid restrictions, allowing payments typically used for nursing home care to be used for in-home services.

Provides behavioral and substance abuse services to Medical Assistance members. Members authorized for requested services receive quality and timely access to appropriate mental health and substance abuse services through experienced local providers with the emphasis on quality of services for our members through a focus on outcomes. Medicaid managed care program.

Provides behavioral and substance abuse services to Medical Assistance members. Members authorized for requested services receive quality and timely access to appropriate mental health and substance abuse services through experienced local providers with the emphasis on quality of services for our members through a focus on outcomes. A Medicaid managed care program.

Matches an individual needing supervised living with a family who is paid to provide ongoing care in their home.

Provides services to individuals ages 18+ with physical disabilities. The following programs are available: Community Services Program for Persons with Physical Disabilities (CSPPPD) (OBRA and Independence), CommCare (OBRA and Independence), (Traumatic Brain Injury - TBI), Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA), and Attendant Care/Act 150.

Helps meet personal development goals in accordance with the principles of everyday lives, which promotes individual participation in community life through valued roles, activities, friendship, employment, and a sense of belonging.

The Aging Waiver Program offers eligible participants an alternative to institutional care. For those eligible clients/consumers, who have been assessed with a nursing home level of care and determined financially in need by the DPW/CAO, case management staff develops an individual service plan and arranges for a variety of in-home services to insure the participants can safely remain in a community setting. Benefit counseling is made available to those consumers that may experience difficulty in pursuing financial eligibility for medical assistance to qualify for this program.

Promotes opportunities for individuals with disabilities to lead full and productive lives within the community. Ensures that services and supports are provided to meet the needs of consumers with intellectual disabilities in the least restrictive setting possible.

Provides personal care services, to include meal preparation, light housekeeping, grooming and dressing assistance, errands and other personal care services.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries obtain reliable information about care options and coverage. An PA MEDI counselor is available to explain the various Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and options.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries obtain reliable information about care options and coverage. PA MEDI counselors are available to meet with you and explain the various Medicare plans and options.

Helps Medicare beneficiaries obtain reliable information about care options and coverage. An PA MEDI counselor is available to explain the various Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and options.

Provides individual and group therapy.

A state and county funded agency mandated by law to provide services for persons with intellectual disabilities. Works closely with many other agencies, bureaus and providers of these services. Manages the State Medicaid Waiver Program.

Supports Coordinators assist individuals with intellectual disability to connect with various services:
* Family Support Services: respite care, family aide, nursing care, home and community habilitation
* Residential Services: supervised apartments, semi-independent living, group homes, family living/life sharing
* Vocational Training: Job skills, obtain and maintain a job, workshop setting, transitional employment, volunteer work, job search and placement, supported employment, job loss prevention
* Adult Day Services: Adult developmental training focusing on basic life skills and leisure activities, community habilitaion, senior programs

Provides support by trained staff to families in their homes through social activities, respite care and outcome oriented individual instruction. Hours of service are flexible to best meet the needs of families.

Assessments completed for individuals applying for Agency services.
- Home Delivered Meals, Personal Care, Personal Emergency Response Systems, Adult Daycare and the Caregiver Support program.
- Care Management is provided by trained Aging Care Managers.
- Level of Care Assessments provided to individuals applying for waiver programs or facility placement.

Provides funding and administrative oversight for services in our community that support people and their families living with intellectual disabilities.

Committed to supporting and empowering the well being of adults of all ages, residing in Lehigh County. Information and assistance is provided to enable individuals to remain active, healthy, productive and independent in their community.



Senior Services include:


- PA MEDI


- Adult day care



- Assessment


- Care Management


- Caregiver Support Program


- Cedarview Apartments


- Health and Wellness


- Homemaker/home support (18-59 years of age)


- Housing case management/housing assistance


- Information and assistance


- Neighborhood senior centers


- PA LINK to Aging and Disability Resources (www.lehighnorthamptonlink.org)


- Ombudsman program


- Personal care


- Protective services


- Transportation


Click here to find information on subsidized housing, home health care, personal care homes, nursing homes, retirement communities, etc.

Helps coordinate services including personal care assistance, home modifications, transportation, and discharge planning. Also administers the OBRA and Independence, and CommCare Waiver Programs.

Provides support to help older adults be able to continue living at home.

Under Developmental Services there are three types of PA Medicaid Waiver Services that an individual with intellectual disability, autism or developmental disability can be eligible to allow them to be independent and support them in their home and community.
These three waivers are: The Consolidated Waiver, Person/Family Directed Support Waiver (P/FDS) and the Community Living Waiver.

The PA Independent Enrollment Broker assists people with disabilities to apply for Home and Community Based (HCBS) programs. Provides supportive medical and non-medical services.

Assists families in assessing their needs when taking care of older relatives.
Services include some financial support, benefits advice and counseling where caregivers are advised of benefits that are available to them.

This program provides home and community based long-term care services to individuals as an alternative to nursing home placement. Services are funded through a special federal waiver, which allows Medicaid payments typically used for nursing home care to be used for home care services.

Offers a variety of day and supportive living services, such as in-home and community supports, day services, respite, companion services, community participation supports, supportive living, supported employment, and deaf services with ASL.

Area Agencies on Aging provide local services, act as advocates, and generally assist older citizens to remain active in their communities. They operate under guidance from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging.
Services include:
* Advocacy - Support and representation, administratively and legislatively, for the needs of older adults as a group or individually.
* PA MEDI - assistance with health insurance benefit concerns, appeals, benefit applications.
* Employment Services - subsidized employment for training purposes. Available to low income persons age 55 and older.
* Information and Referral - answers to questions on the availability of services and programs for older adults.
* Legal Services - provided in non-fee generating cases via a contract with North Penn Legal Services, Inc.
* Nursing Home Transition - Information about availability of long term care in a variety of settings - in the home, or in assisted living, and planning/coordination in making a move to an alternate setting including arranging for necessary services, for current residents of nursing homes.
* Ombudsman - receives, investigates and assists in resolving complaints about quality of long term care. Provides information on long term care issues.
* Protective Services - activities, resources and supports to prevent or intervene in abuse, neglect, exploitation and abandonment cases.
* Specialized Transportation - limited availability of rides to medical appointments and social service agencies.
* Care Management - casework services for assessment and care planning, and authorization of the following:
* Adult Day Care - caregiving in an organized setting for less than a 24 hour day. Excellent for caregiver respite.
* Emergency Energy Assistance - bill payment or provision of fuel to avoid utility shut off or lack of fuel in crisis situations.
* Caregiver Support Program - educational services and financial assistance to family care providers.
* Home Delivered Meals - hot/cold meals delivered to maintain necessary nutrition.
* Home Health Care - skilled nursing, therapy and aide services.
* Nursing Home Respite Services - respite for overnight absences of caregivers.
* Personal Care - in-home help with bathing and other personal hygiene, laundry, shopping and meal preparation.
* Pre-Admission Assessment - level of care determination for those considering admission to a long term care facility.
* Waiver Services - Medicaid-funded in-home services of the types listed above, and more, to maintain nursing-home eligible older adults in their homes.
* Senior Farmer Market Nutrition Program - provides food vouchers for residents 60 years old who meet income guidelines
Information and referral service provides information on the availability of services and programs for older adults. Services may be delivered directly, purchased from a community agency, or available through a cooperative agreement.

Assess individuals for Geisinger Life Program, Living Independently for Elders
, PDA Waiver Program designed to help people remain at home after they are both medically and financially approved for Medical Assistance. Home and Community-based long term care services can be provided as an alternative to nursing home care through the Waiver Program.

The Autism Waiver is a statewide program consisting of services designed specifically to meet the needs and profile of individuals 21 years of age and older with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Provides home and community-based services.

Provides physical, behavioral, and community services.

Provides companionship services and assistance with light housekeeping, meal preparation, and other activities.

Roads to Freedom Home Care Service enables adults with disabilities, who are nursing facility eligible, to remain in their own homes and continue to live with support and services. Services offered include assistance with bathing, dressing, transferring, medication reminders, shopping, transportation, or other activities specific to the individual's plan of care. Roads to Freedom Home Care accepts Community Health Choices, OBRA waiver, Act 150 program, and private pay.

The Adult Autism Waiver (AAW) is a 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waiver designed to provide long-term services and supports for community living, tailored to the specific needs of adults aged 21 or older with ASD. The program is designed to help adults with autism spectrum disorder participate in their communities in the way they want to, based on their identified needs.

Provides support and services to enable older adults to continue to live in their homes and communities. Services may include Care Management, Assessment, Protective Services, Information and Assistance, PA MEDI (Insurance Counseling), Health and Wellness Programs, adult day services, in home meals, personal emergency response system, personal care, transportation, and caregiver support. The agency also has 5 Senior Centers throughout the County in which participants can enjoy a Congregate Meal and Programming.

A state and county funded agency mandated by law to provide services for persons with intellectual disabilities. Works closely with many other agencies, bureaus and providers of these services. Manages the State Medicaid Waiver Program.

Supports Coordinators assist individuals with intellectual disability to connect with various services:
- Family Support Services: respite care, family aide, nursing care, home and community habilitation
- Residential Services: supervised apartments, semi-independent living, group homes, family living/life sharing
- Vocational Training: Job skills, obtain and maintain a job, workshop setting, transitional employment, volunteer work, job search and placement, supported employment, job loss prevention
- Adult Day Services: Adult developmental training focusing on basic life skills and leisure activities, community habilitaion, senior programs

Assists older adults and individuals with phyical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism to live independently or as independently as they wish by coordinating their services within various waiver program and the Pennsylvania Act 150 Program.

Assists older adults and individuals with phyical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism to live independently or as independently as they wish by coordinating their services within various waiver program and the Pennsylvania Act 150 Program.

Assists older adults and individuals with phyical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism to live independently or as independently as they wish by coordinating their services within various waiver program and the Pennsylvania Act 150 Program.

Assists older adults and individuals with phyical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism to live independently or as independently as they wish by coordinating their services within various waiver program and the Pennsylvania Act 150 Program.

Assists older adults and individuals with phyical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, and autism to live independently or as independently as they wish by coordinating their services within various waiver program and the Pennsylvania Act 150 Program.

Provides assistance to an unpaid caregiver who provides hands-on care for a person 60 years of age and older. The caregiver and care recipient may reside in the same household or in different homes, but the care recipient must reside in Fayette, Greene, or Washington County.

The Caregiver Support Program is designed to provide assistance to an unpaid caregiver who provides hands-on care for a person 60 years of age and older.

Provides financial assistance to an unpaid caregiver who provides hands-on care for a person 60 years of age and over

Provides financial assistance to an unpaid caregiver who provides hands-on care for a person 60 years of age and over

Waiver recipients are provided care in the community; appropriate for those who would otherwise be eligible for nursing home care. Applicants will be assessed to check if sufficient formal and informal services and supports can be developed and implemented so as to safely and adequately meet the person's needs.

Waiver recipients are provided care in the community; appropriate for those who would otherwise be eligible for nursing home care. Applicants will be assessed to check if sufficient formal and informal services and supports can be developed and implemented so as to safely and adequately meet the person's needs.

Provides supervision or assistance that is designed to ensure the individual’s health, safety, and welfare or to perform activities of daily living for the individual.

Provides Behavioral Specialist Services (BSS), Community Inclusion, Family Training, and a Residential Habilitation-Family Living Home. Also includes a residential habilitation-community home, respite-agency management, job assessment, supported employment, and temporary crisis services.

Provides coordination of services to people with physical disabilities and seniors through Community HealthChoices. Assists in developing plans that may include the following services that enable individuals to live safely and independently at home: personal care attendants, durable medical equipment, home delivered meals, home modifications and supportive employment.

Develops and implements creative alternatives to placing Medicaid-eligible individuals in medical facilities such as nursing homes and Community Residential Facilities (CRF). Recognize that many individuals who are at risk of being placed in a medical facility can be cared for in their natural homes and communities through the use of home and community-based waiver programs.

Provides in-home attendant services for individuals with disabilities, including assistance with with dressing, transferring, personal hygiene, light housekeeping, shopping, assistance with meal preparations, and medication reminders.

Provides in-home attendant services for individuals with disabilities, including assistance with with dressing, transferring, personal hygiene, light housekeeping, shopping, assistance with meal preparations, and medication reminders.

Provides in-home attendant services for individuals with disabilities, including assistance with with dressing, transferring, personal hygiene, light housekeeping, shopping, assistance with meal preparations, and medication reminders.

Provides in-home attendant services for individuals with disabilities, including assistance with with dressing, transferring, personal hygiene, light housekeeping, shopping, assistance with meal preparations, and medication reminders.

Provides Waiver Services for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism.

Provides IDD Behavioral Support Programs, IDD Companion Program, IDD Habilitation Program, and Adult Autism Waiver Program

Provides community based services to enhance the health and welfare of adults with developmental disabilities. Assist individuals in acquiring, maintaining and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, employment and adaptive skills through assignment of waiver funding.

Provides community based services to enhance the health and welfare of adults with developmental disabilities. Assist individuals in acquiring, maintaining and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, employment and adaptive skills through assignment of waiver funding.

Provides community based services to enhance the health and welfare of adults with developmental disabilities. Assist individuals in acquiring, maintaining and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, employment and adaptive skills through assignment of waiver funding.