Full Title: Number of homebound or older adults and individuals with disabilities receiving food, transportation, or other services that allow them to live independently.
Definition of Key Terms
Homebound individuals: individuals unable to leave their personal residence due to disability, injury, or age; may be a short-term or long-term need; for example, an individual may have broken hip that prevents them from driving for a few months but after the injury has healed they no longer require help to live independently.
Live independently: individuals live in a private residence (house, apartment, mobile home, etc.) rather than in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or group home
Older Adults: Individuals age 65 or older.
Person with a Disability: An individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; has a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an impairment, even though no impairment in fact exists.
Receiving food, transportation, or other services: individual should receive the supports needed to maintain independent living; not all individuals will require the same supports; may include food deliveries, legal and medical services, nutrition information, transportation, etc.
How to Calculate Measure/Collect Data
Count number of qualifying individuals as defined above who receive the service. Each individual should be counted only once. If two homebound individuals live at the same address, they should both be counted. If a homebound individual lives with someone else who is not home-bound, the non-homebound individuals in the household should not be counted. Each individual should be counted only once during the program year even though most individuals are likely to need on-going support.