Adults and Aging Services
LINK - North Dakota and U.S. Department of Justice Settlement Agreement information (Feb. 2, 2021)
LIST - N.D. Long-Term Care Facilities that received Telecommunications Equipment During Pandemic (Jan. 15. 2021)
- Goal - Support Family Connections
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Human Services receives federal grant to help older adults stay connected and to address other COVID-19-related needs (May 6, 2020)
The Department of Human Services administers programs and services that help older adults and adults with physical disabilities to live safely and productively in the least restrictive, appropriate setting.
- FIND SERVICES/SUPPORTS - Visit the Aging and Disability Resource Link online database, call toll-free 1-855-462-5465, 711 (TTY), or email carechoice@nd.gov
- BOOKLET - Aging Services Division: Programs for Older Adults and Individuals with Physical Disabilities (2019)
- HANDOUT - Aging Services at a Glance (2019)
- Other publications
LEARN MORE: Reporting Abuse and Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult
- Proclamation: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2019 (June 15, 2019)
- Pocket Card: Abuse HURTS at Any Age...recognize it and report it (May 2015)
LEARN MORE about Lifespan Respite Care services (October 2019)
- Will provide funding for respite services for caregivers of children with special needs, older adults, or other individuals with disabilities in planned, unplanned and emergency situations when caregivers do not have access to other public funding sources.
LEARN MORE about caregiving career opportunities at CaringJobsND.gov.
Services
- Assisted Living Services
- Family Caregiver Support Program
- Federally funded under the Older Americans Act, this program offers help to caregivers.
- Home and Community-Based Care
- North Dakota provides home and community-based services through several programs that each serve different needs. To learn more, click on this link to a poster about Home and Community-Based Services and this booklet: Living at Home Longer.
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- Service Payments for the Elderly and Disabled Program
- Expanded Service Payments for the Elderly and Disabled Program (Ex-SPED)
- Medicaid Waiver for Home and Community Based Services
- Older Americans Act Services
- Information and Assistance - Aging and Disability Resource-LINK
- MDS 3.0 SECTION Q - Local Contact Agency Referral and Discharge Planning Process
- Information for people living in nursing homes who want to transition to community living
- Training for providers and the general public about local contact agency services, including resident visits, information about available community living settings and services, and help with transition planning, and MDS Section Q requirements
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
- People living in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, basic care homes, or hospital swing bed, transitional and sub-acute settings may have concerns about their care. This program helps resolve concerns.
- Qualified Service Providers - Independent contractors who care for people in their homes and communities
- Find a Qualified Service Provider (database) to help care for you or a loved one.
- Vulnerable Adult Protective Services
- The North Dakota Legislature passed the Vulnerable Adult Protective Service Law in 1989. The law authorized the Department of Human Services to develop, administer, and implement a program of protective services for vulnerable adults.
Information about how an agency or individual can enroll as a Qualified Service Provider (QSP) to provide personal or attendant care services, homemaker services and other approved services to eligible individuals.
HCBS Facility Compliance Information
- Adult Residential Services - Compliance letters and facility summaries
- Dakota Pointe - Mandan - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Ecumen Evergreens Fargo - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Fargo Edgewood - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Jamestown Edgewood - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Mandan Edgewood - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Maple View - Fargo - Compliance letter and facility summary (Dec. 24, 2019)
- Maple View - Grand Forks- Compliance letter and facility summary (Sept. 2, 2020)
- Maple View - Minot - Compliance letter and facility summary
- Roseadele - Jamestown - Compliance letter and facility summary
Other Resources:
Aging Services Division Contact Information:
Aging Services Division
N.D. Department of Human Services
1237 W. Divide Ave., Suite 6
Bismarck N.D. 58501
Aging and Disability Resource-LINK (toll free) 1-855-462-5465 for information on available services.
Relay ND TTY: 711 (TTY)
Fax: (701) 328-8744
E-mail: carechoice@nd.gov