(1) The department assigns a base number of hours to each classification group as described in WAC
388-106-0125.
(2) The department will deduct from the base hours to account for informal supports, as defined in WAC
388-106-0010, or other paid services that meet some of an individual's need for personal care services, including adult day health, as follows:
(a) The CARE tool determines the adjustment for informal supports by determining the amount of assistance available to meet your needs, assigns it a numeric percentage, and reduces the base hours assigned to the classification group by the numeric percentage. The department has assigned the following numeric values for the amount of assistance available for each ADL and IADL:
| Meds | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value
Percentage |
| Self administration of medications | Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Decline | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 |
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 |
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 |
| >3/4 time | .3 |
| Unscheduled ADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value
Percentage |
| Bed mobility, transfer, walk in room, eating, toilet use | Rules apply for all codes except: Did not occur/client not able and Did not occur/no provider = 1;
Did not occur/client declined and independent are not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Decline | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 |
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 |
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 |
| >3/4 time | .3 |
| Scheduled ADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value
Percentage |
Dressing,
personal hygiene,
bathing | Rules apply for all codes except: Did not occur/client not able and Did not occur/no provider = 1;
Did not occur/client declined and independent are not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Decline | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .75 |
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .55 |
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .35 |
| >3/4 time | .15 |
| IADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value
Percentage |
Meal preparation,
Ordinary housework,
Essential shopping | Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Decline | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .3 |
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .2 |
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .1 |
| >3/4 time | .05 |
| IADLs | Self Performance | Status | Assistance Available | Value
Percentage |
| Travel to medical | Rules for all codes apply except independent is not counted. | Unmet | N/A | 1 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Decline | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | .9 |
| 1/4 to 1/2 time | .7 |
| 1/2 to 3/4 time | .5 |
| >3/4 time | .3 |
Key:
> means greater than
< means less than |
(b) To determine the amount of reduction for informal support, the value percentages are totaled and divided by the number of qualifying ADLs and IADLs needs. The result is value A. Value A is then subtracted from one. This is value B. Value B is divided by three. This is value C. Value A and Value C are summed. This is value D. Value D is multiplied by the "base hours" assigned to your classification group and the result is the number of in-home hours reduced for informal supports.
(3) Also, the department will adjust in-home base hours when:
(a) There is more than one client receiving ADSA-paid personal care services living in the same household, the status under subsection (2)(a) of this section must be met or partially met for the following IADLs:
(i) Meal preparation;
(ii) Housekeeping;
(iii) Shopping; and
(iv) Wood supply.
(b) You are under the age of eighteen, your assessment will be coded according to age guidelines codified in WAC
388-106-0213.
(4) In addition to any determination of unmet need in (2)(a) when you are not affected by (3) above, the department will score the status for meal preparation as unmet when you adhere to at least one of the following special diets:
(a) ADA (diabetes);
(b) Autism diet;
(c) Calorie reduction;
(d) Low sodium;
(e) Mechanically altered;
(f) Planned weight change program;
(g) Renal diet; or
(h) Needs to receive nutrition through tube feeding or receives greater than twenty-five percent of calories through tube or parenteral feeding.
(5) In addition to any determination of unmet need in (2)(a) when you are not affected by (3) above, the department will score the status for housework as unmet when you are incontinent of bladder or bowel, documented as:
(a) Incontinent all or most of the time;
(b) Frequently incontinent; or
(c) Occasionally incontinent.
(6) After deductions are made to your base hours, as described in subsections (2) and (3), the department may add on hours based on your living environment:
| Condition | Status | Assistance Available | Add On Hours |
| Offsite laundry facilities, which means the client does not have facilities in own home and the caregiver is not available to perform any other personal or household tasks while laundry is done. | N/A | N/A
| 8 |
| Client is >45 minutes from essential services (which means he/she lives more than 45 minutes one-way from a full-service market). | Unmet | N/A | 5 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | 5 |
| between 1/4 to 1/2 time | 4 |
| between 1/2 to 3/4 time | 2 |
| >3/4 time | 2 |
| Wood supply used as sole source of heat. | Unmet | N/A | 8 |
| Met | N/A | 0 |
| Declines | N/A | 0 |
| Partially met | <1/4 time | 8 |
| between 1/4 to 1/2 time | 6 |
| between 1/2 to 3/4 time | 4 |
| >3/4 time | 2 |
(7) In the case of New Freedom consumer directed services (NFCDS), the department determines hours as described in WAC
388-106-1445.
(8) The result of actions under subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) is the maximum number of hours that can be used to develop your plan of care. The department must take into account cost effectiveness, client health and safety, and program limits in determining how hours can be used to meet your identified needs. In the case of New Freedom consumer directed services (NFCDS), a New Freedom spending plan (NFSP) is developed in place of a plan of care.
(9) You and your case manager will work to determine what services you choose to receive if you are eligible. The hours may be used to authorize:
(a) Personal care services from a home care agency provider and/or an individual provider.
(b) Home delivered meals (i.e. a half hour from the available hours for each meal authorized).
(c) Adult day care (i.e. a half hour from the available hours for each hour of day care authorized).
(d) A home health aide if you are eligible per WAC
388-106-0300 or
388-106-0500.
(e) A private duty nurse (PDN) if you are eligible per WAC
388-71-0910 and
388-71-0915 or WAC
388-551-3000 (i.e. one hour from the available hours for each hour of PDN authorized).
(f) The purchase of New Freedom consumer directed services (NFCDS).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 08-23-011, § 388-106-0130, filed 11/6/08, effective 12/7/08; 08-03-111, § 388-106-0130, filed 1/22/08, effective 2/22/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.030. 06-16-035, § 388-106-0130, filed 7/25/06, effective 8/25/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.39A.010 and 74.39A.020. 06-05-022, § 388-106-0130, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 05-11-082, § 388-106-0130, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/17/05.]