About Structured Family Care (SFC)
Structured Family Caregiving program provides support, education, and oversight on behalf of waiver members whose family caregiver lives in the home with the member. The service provides a community-based option of continuous care, support, and professional oversight by promoting a collaborative relationship between the waiver member, primary caregiver, the professional Health Coach, and the member’s case manager.
The goals of this service include:
Supporting family caregivers through health education,
Telephonic counseling and active coordination with care management.
Facilitating the waiver member’s independence in a familiar home environment.
Offering the option of care by a trusted family member; and
Supporting the family caregiver as the needs of the waiver member change.
These goals are reached through a collaborative relationship between the waiver member, the caregiver, the CCSP or SOURCE case manager, medical providers, and the Structured Family Caregiving provider
Our Director of Nursing RN will provide consultation for the health coaches, the caregiver and the waiver member and act as a liaison to the CCSP or SOURCE case manager as needed.
ASFS will capture daily notes completed by the family caregiver in a secure, HIPAA compliant electronic format, and use the information collected to monitor member health and caregiver support needs. Our notes will be made available to CCSP/SOURCE case managers on an ongoing
ASFS will provide to caregivers the mandatory 8 hours of annual training required by State to include first aid education. Training will also be provided based on caregiver needs
ASFS maintains a secure electronic documentation system and alternate options for receiving daily caregiver notes and communicating with the caregiver and CCSP or SOURCE case manager.
ASFS will complete and retain a criminal records background screening via Georgia Criminal History Check System/GCHEXS for the identified primary caregivers.
Once you are approved as a family caregiver under the SFC program, you become an employee of our agency then you will start receiving weekly payments for your caring services direct-deposited into your account.