NYS Caregiver Guide 2021

96 NYS CAREGIVER GUIDE health-related tasks such as taking a temperature or helping with exercises. Homemakers: Individuals who help with light house-keeping tasks. They can grocery shop, do laundry, and prepare meals. Homemakers cannot provide personal care. Hospice Care: Medical services, emotional support, and spiritual resources for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness either at home, in nursing homes, or in the hospital. Hospice care also helps family members manage the practical details and emotional challenges of caring for a loved one at the end of their life. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL): Activities include preparing meals, paying bills, shopping for groceries or personal items, doing housework or laundry, or using a telephone, among others. ICAN: A program that assists New Yorkers with enrolling in and using managed care plans that cover longterm care services. Medicare: The federal medical insurance program for individuals age 65 and older and those with certain disabilities: • Medicare Part A covers hospital care • Medicare Part B covers physicians and medical care • Medicare Part C refers to a Medicare Advantage Plan • Medicare Part D covers prescription drugs Medigap: Additional health insurance purchased from a private company to help pay for services and supports not covered by the person’s original Medicare plan. Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST): The MOLST tool is used to help physicians and other health care providers discuss and honor a person’s preferences for treatments such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or artificial nutrition. NY Connects: A statewide resource that provides information and assistance; screening for available long term services and supports for all individuals, regardless of age, diagnosis, disability, or payment source; options for counseling/person centered counseling; application assistance for public benefits; and facilitated connection to community services. New York State Health Insurance Information, Counseling, and Assistance Program (HIICAP): Provides free, and unbiased health insurance counseling on Medicare,

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