Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) in Redlands, CA

As A CCA (Care Coordination Agency), Vigilans Home Health has the experience to help placement for you, your loved one, or your resident.

What is Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) for?

Facilitate a safe and timely transition of Medi-Cal eligible seniors and persons with disabilities from a nursing facility to a community home-like setting in a Residential Care Facility (RCF), an Adult Residential Care Facility (ARF), or public subsidized housing, utilizing ALW services.

Offer eligible seniors and persons with disabilities, who reside in the community, but are at risk of being institutionalized, the option of utilizing ALW services to develop a program that will safely meet his/her care needs while continuing to reside in a RCF, ARF, or public subsidized housing.

Assisted Living Waiver (ALW)

Per the DHCS website: The Assisted Living Waiver (ALW) is a Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver that was created by legislation that directed the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to develop and implement the project to test the efficacy of assisted living as a Medi-Cal benefit (please see link below to navigate to DHCS website).

Offer eligible seniors and persons with disabilities, who reside in the community, but are at risk of being institutionalized, the option of utilizing ALW services to develop a program that will safely meet his/her care needs while continuing to reside in an RCF, ARF, or public subsidized housing.

Additional Program Resources:

– Assisted Living Waiver Fact Sheet