Provider Fact Sheet
What: | Affordable assisted living model administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services that offers older persons (65 +) or persons with physical disabilities (ages 22-64) services to remain in a community setting. The aim of the Program is to preserve privacy and autonomy while emphasizing health and wellness for persons who would otherwise need nursing facility care. |
Who Can be a Provider: | The Supportive Living Program is open to any provider who can meet application criteria (which include site control, zoning approval, marketing study, phase one environmental study, architectural drawings). A site can be certified when program requirements found at 89 Ill. Adm. Code Part 146 are met within 24 months of an approved application.
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Services: | Residents choose from the following menu of services that are provided by the facility:
Providers must also regularly assess each resident's health status and consult with the resident on an ongoing service plan that promotes health and wellness.
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Rates: | Certified providers can charge a different rate for private pay residents, and must accept the Department's rate for services rendered on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons. (Department rates are based upon 54.3% of weighted average nursing facility rates for the applicable geographic grouping. Certified Dementia Care Setting rates are based upon 127% of the approved rate for the Supportive Living Program services in each region.) Each Medicaid-eligible resident must have income equal to or greater than the current SSI and must contribute all but $90 each month to the provider for lodging and meals. |
Exceptions: | Certified providers are exempt from:
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Where Can a Site be Located: | Approval of the application is subject to various factors including, but not limited to, accuracy, completeness, geographic distribution and waiver limits.
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How Can I Get More Information: | Contact the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Bureau of Long Term Care for more information.
Phone: 217-782-0545 or 844-528-8444 toll free
Fax: 217-557-5061 |
Complaint Hotline: | Complaints concerning supportive living facility may be directed to:
Complaint Hotline 1-844-528-8444 |