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West Virginia’s Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services (RYPAS) Program
Overview of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services
The RYPAS Program provides personal care services to assist elderly and / or disabled West Virginia residents in achieving their activities of daily living and to remain living in their homes and communities. Although this is not a Medicaid program, it is modeled after the Medicaid concept of Cash and Counseling. This concept is also referred to as participant direction, self-direction and consumer direction. The idea is that the program participant has control over who provides their care instead of the program administrators. Thereby increasing the satisfaction of the participant and lowering the administrative cost of the program.
Friends, neighbors and even many family members can be hired to provide personal assistance. This includes the adult children of aging parents who can be paid to be caregivers.
Qualifications for Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services
To be eligible for this program, participants must live in West Virginia and have a disability that is expected to continue for a minimum of 12 months. The disability must be significant enough that it requires the individual to receive assistance in order to complete their activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, bathing or basic mobility.
In addition, individuals must not be eligible to receive Medicaid services. As part of the application process individuals are required to apply for Medicaid and if rejected they can then be considered for the Ron Yost program.
There are not hard income limits. However funding is provide on a sliding scale, those with larger discrepancies between their expenses and incomes are eligible for more assistance.
In addition, individuals must not be eligible to receive Medicaid services. As part of the application process individuals are required to apply for Medicaid and if rejected they can then be considered for the Ron Yost program.
There are not hard income limits. However funding is provide on a sliding scale, those with larger discrepancies between their expenses and incomes are eligible for more assistance.
Benefits / Services Covered by Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services
This program provides financial assistance in the form of reimbursement checks to participants so that they can hire personal care assistants. Program participants are allocated up to $7.25 / hour to pay a personal assistant.
Personal assistants can provide care with the following types of activities and instrumental activities of daily living.
-Basic mobility in and around the home
-Transportation assistance away from the home
-Bathing and personal hygiene
-Dressing
-Meal preparation
-Meal planning and grocery shopping
-Basic housekeeping and laundry
Personal assistants can provide care with the following types of activities and instrumental activities of daily living.
-Basic mobility in and around the home
-Transportation assistance away from the home
-Bathing and personal hygiene
-Dressing
-Meal preparation
-Meal planning and grocery shopping
-Basic housekeeping and laundry
How to Apply for Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services
One can learn more about the program and begin the application process on the program’s webpage or by calling 1-855-855-9743. A PDF format brochure can be downloaded here.
Use our Eldercare Financial Resource Locator Tool to find other public and private programs that can help pay for or reduce the costs of long term care for the elderly.
Use our Eldercare Financial Resource Locator Tool to find other public and private programs that can help pay for or reduce the costs of long term care for the elderly.
