In-Home Dementia Care in Illinois

Paying for care in Illinois: Community Care Program

Medicare does not pay for the long-term help dementia requires. In Illinois the programme that can is CCP, administered by the Illinois Department on Aging, through local Care Coordination Units (CCUs).

Who qualifies

Eligibility rests on a standardised Determination of Need assessment carried out by a local Care Coordination Unit; the cited page does not publish the qualifying score, so confirm the current threshold with the CCU. The cited page does not describe any dementia-specific eligibility route, so ask the office that administers the programme how a dementia diagnosis is weighed in that assessment.

The financial limits

Single applicant

Not published on the cited Illinois Department on Aging page; set by Illinois Medicaid financial eligibility rules

Married couple

Not published on the cited page; spousal allowance rules apply

Look-back period

Not published on the cited page; standard Medicaid transfer-of-asset rules apply

How to apply

Enrollment goes through a local Care Coordination Unit, which conducts the Determination of Need assessment and connects approved applicants with a home care agency.

What is unusual about Illinois

Illinois runs the Community Care Program through local Care Coordination Units rather than a central office, so the same programme is administered by the unit covering your area, and that unit both assesses eligibility and arranges the in-home services.

Rules and figures change. Confirm the current position with the programme itself before making a financial decision.