2005 Idaho Code - 67-5008 — PROGRAMS FOR OLDER PERSONS

                                  TITLE  67
                      STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 50
                             COMMISSION ON AGING
    67-5008.  PROGRAMS FOR OLDER PERSONS. The commission shall upon reviewing
recommendations from local area councils on aging, as required by the Older
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, allocate to local designated area agencies
grants or contracts for the following purposes:
    (1)  Transportation -- For operating expenses only.
    (2)  Congregate meals -- For direct costs to provide nutritionally
balanced meals to older persons at congregate meal sites.
    (3)  In-home services -- For direct provision of case management,
homemaker, chore, telephone reassurance, home delivered meals, friendly
visiting, shopping assistance, in-home respite and other in-home services to
older persons living in noninstitutional circumstances. Fees for specific
services shall be based upon a variable schedule, according to rules
established by the Idaho commission on aging, based upon ability to pay for
such services.
    (4)  Adult day care -- For direct services to older persons and their
caregivers.
    (5)  Ombudsman -- For provision of ombudsman services as described in
section 67-5009, Idaho Code.