ED/CD WAIVER
INFORMATION

Please be reminded that to pass a screening, (done by the local DSS /social work and nurse team) in the applicant’s home or by local the hospital staff (when an applicant is in-patient), is a person who has nursing-home level of care needs.

This waiver also requires that the applicant be qualified for Medicaid (for a single person this will require less than $2,000 in liquid assets). If an individual’s income is over $1,100/month, there may be a fee associated with these services.

IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS:

This is a brief overview of a complex program. For more information or to request a screening, please contact your county department of social services.
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EDCD WAIVER PROGRAM

The EDCD Waiver got its start in Virginia in 2005, merging two existing waivers. It’s designed to prevent nursing home placement by providing significant care in the applicant’s home.

Available services are:

  • Adult Day Health Care
  • Assistive Technology
  • Consumer-Directed Services
  • Environmental Modifications
  • Medication Monitoring
  • Personal Care Aide Services
  • Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
  • Respite Care

Clients must be screened by a social worker, nurse and physician to obtain this waiver.
The criteria are:

An applicant must need human (not solely mechanical) assistance with 2-4 activities of daily living*, as well as be semi-dependent in behavior and orientation (often, but not exclusively, due to dementia), as well as semi-dependent in joint motion or semi-dependent in medication administration.

OR

Dependent in 5-7 ADLs plus dependent in mobility

OR

Semi-dependent in 2-7 ADLs, as well as dependent in mobility, as well as dependent in behavior and orientation (often, but not exclusively, severe dementia)

AND

Have medical nursing needs to be provided by a skilled nurse beyond custodial care. Examples of these needs (but not an exclusive list) are: dialysis, catheter care, respiratory therapy, skin care for those who are bedbound, chemotherapy, and oxygen.

AND

Applicants must be at imminent risk for nursing home placement without the provision of the waiver services mentioned above AND be a safe plan of care for the applicant, as this waiver does not provide 24-hour care for clients.

* Activities of Daily Living the screeners will evaluate: bathing, dressing, transfer, toileting, self-feeding, and incontinence of bowel, and incontinence of bladder.

 

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