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IHSS - In-Home Support Services

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NEW - In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts - Index Page to select complete manuals, individual chapters or appendices
English: In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts (May 2008, 165 pages, #5470.01)
Spanish: In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts (#5470.02)
Chinese: In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts (#5470.04)
Vietnamese: In-Home Supportive Services - Nuts and Bolts (#5470.05)

Request for information: Documenting Patient's Functional Limitations (htm) or (pdf), September 2007, English, 9 pages, #5467.01

Social Security Rules for Deeming Income from Parents to a Disabled Child to Determine Whether a Child is Eligible for SSI and, if so, the Amount (htm) or (pdf) (June 2007, 19 pages, English, #5017.01) also available in:
Spanish: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., #5017.02
Korean: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., #5017.03
Chinese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., #5017.04
Vietnamese: Social Security Rules for Deeming Income ..., #5017.05

IHSS Fair Hearing & Self-Assessment Packet, includes October 2006 update/insert (htm) or (pdf)
June 2002 with October 2006 update/insert, English, 41 pages, #5013.01; also available in:
Cambodian (April 2001, #5013.06),
Chinese (April 2001, #5013.04)
Hmong (April 2001, #5013.09)
Korean (April 2001, #5013.03)
Laotian (April 2001, #5013.12)
Spanish (April, 2001, #5013.02)
Tagalog (April, 2001, #5013.08)
Thai (April 2001, #5013.13)
Vietnamese (April 2001, #5013.05)

“Grandfather” protection for persons enrolled on December 1, 2004, in one of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) (pdf), December 2004, 3 pages, #5460.01

The Multipurpose Senior Services Program May Be the Answer to Staying at Home Rather than Going to a Nursing Home (pdf), March 2004, 10 pages, English, #5395.01

How the AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Can Help You Get the Care You Need at Home Instead of in a Medical Facility (html) or (pdf), September 2004, 17 pages, English, #5435.01  

How to Get the Extra Help You Need to Stay in Your Own Home and Avoid a Nursing Home (html) or (pdf), March 2004, 29 pages, English, PAI #5392.01.

County IHSS Eligibility Workers Must Process The Application of Persons In Nursing Facilities and Hospitals (htm) or (pdf), January 2004, 3 pages, #5239.01

Home and Community-Based Waivers Nursing Facility A/B, Sub-Acute, and In-Home Medical Care Waivers (pdf), August 2002, 72 pages, English, #5399.01

Regional Center Respite and IHSS for Clients Needing Protective Supervision (pdf), January 1992, 5 pages, available in English (#5204.01).