Fsl Programs

TO PROVIDE HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES AND DEVELOP ENERGY-EFFICIENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROMOTE HEALTH, INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL.

THROUGH ITS AFFILIATES, FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR LIVING (FSL) HAS BEEN CARING FOR ARIZONANS SINCE 1974. WE PROVIDE A SAFE HOME FOR NEARLY 1,200 ARIZONANS EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH SINGLE- AND MULTI-FAMILY HOMES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEXES AND RESIDENTIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GROUP HOMES. ADDITIONALLY, WE TRAIN AND MONITOR SPONSORS OF THE ADULT FOSTER CARE AND ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC HOME PROGRAMS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021-22, WE PROVIDED MORE THAN 560,000 MEALS TO FAMILIES IN NEED VIA OUR RURAL FOOD PANTRIES, CONGREGATE AND HOME-DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAMS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO ENHANCE INDEPENDENCE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE AND HOME HEALTH CARE FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING 24-HOUR NURSING SUPERVISION. MOREOVER, WE SUPPORT FAMILY CAREGIVERS THROUGH COMPLIMENTARY EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS, CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND NEARLY 200,000 HOURS OF RESPITE CARE. THE COVID PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO IMPACT MANY OF FSL'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITH SOME SEEING AN INCREASE IN DEMAND AND OTHERS A REDUCTION IN UTILIZATION DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS AND/OR WORKFORCE CHALLENGES. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED VARIOUS PROGRAMS, PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE R FOR RELATED ENTITIES.CARE BY DESIGN PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED PATIENT CENTERED CARE TO SUPPORT CLIENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE WITH INTEGRATION WITH FSL SERVICES. TOGETHER OUR SOCIAL SERVICE TEAM ASSISTED 516 INDIVIDUALS TO CONNECT TO CARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES DURING THE FYE 2022. IN JULY 2020, THE CARE BY DESIGN TEAM WAS CONTRACTED BY WILDFIRE TO MANAGE AND DISTRIBUTE CARES ACT, ERA AND HEAF FUNDS TO PROVIDE MORTGAGE, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. IN FY2022, THIS TEAM DISTRIBUTED $2,760,036. THE CARE BY DESIGN TEAM ADDED TWO TEMPORARY CARE COORDINATOR POSITIONS TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THE WORKLOAD CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARES AND ERA GRANTS.

SINCE 1977, FSL HOME CARE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING ARIZONANS WITH CUSTOMIZED NON-MEDICAL SERVICES HOUSEKEEPING, MEAL PREPARATION, PERSONAL HYGIENE ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION, COMPANIONSHIP, AND RESPITE FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE ONE'S ABILITY TO REMAIN AT HOME, WHERE WE ALL WANT TO BE. IN FYE 2022, FSL CARED FOR 172 CLIENTS AND PROVIDED 9,027 HOURS OF RESPITE CARE IN HOMES THROUGHOUT MARICOPA COUNTY. FSL CHOSE TO PAUSE OUR HOME CARE SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2022 DUE TO ONGOING SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO RECRUITMENT OF THE DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE. FSL HOPES TO RESUME HOME CARE SERVICES WHEN WE ARE CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT THE SERVICE LINE. FSL HOME HEALTH AGENCY IS MEDICARE-CERTIFIED, LICENSED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SKILLED SERVICES IN THE COMFORT OF PATIENTS' HOMES SINCE 1985. IN JUNE OF 2021 HOME HEALTH SCALED BACK ITS DELIVERY OF RN VISITS CONSIDERABLY AND FOCUSED ON ENSURING THE SKILLED HOURLY WORKFORCE WAS STABILIZED IN BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING VENTILATOR CARE. IN TOTAL DURING FYE 2022, FSL HOME HEALTH AGENCY PROVIDED 19,088 HOURS OF SKILLED CARE TO 18 PATIENTS. THESE PATIENTS REQUIRE 24-HOUR SUPERVISION, AND WITHOUT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY FSL, THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY BE INSTITUTIONALIZED. FSL MAINTAINED ITS MEDICARE STATUS PROVIDING A SMALL NUMBER OF INTERMITTENT VISITS DURING THIS TIME. ALL FSL HOME CARE AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO HELP PATIENTS MAINTAIN OR RETURN TO THEIR HIGHEST FUNCTIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE.ACTIVATE (ADVANCE CLIENTS' TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE WITH ACTIONS THAT EMPOWER) PROVIDES TRANSITIONAL CARE SERVICES HELPING PEOPLE TO TRANSITION SAFELY FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME WITH A GOAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND TO REDUCE RE-HOSPITALIZATION RATES. FOCUSING ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION OF DISEASE PROCESSES AND RED FLAGS, THIS PROGRAM SERVED 1,194 HIGH-RISK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDED COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO 2,084 PIECES OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO LOW-INCOME PATIENTS. CLIENTS EXPERIENCED IMPROVED HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. FSL OPERATES TWO COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS (CAPS), SENIOR CENTERS AND FOOD PANTRIES IN THE PEORIA/NW VALLEY AND IN WICKENBURG COMMUNITIES. IN FYE 2022 OUR SITES DISTRIBUTED OVER 333,721 POUNDS OF FOOD, PROVIDED 5,401 RIDES TO SENIORS, 82,876 MEALS THROUGH OUR CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAMS. THE CAP TEAMS WERE CONTRACTED BY MARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND CITY OF PEORIA TO MANAGE AND DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO PROVIDE MORTGAGE, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. ADDITIONAL CAP CASEWORKERS WERE HIRED TO MANAGE THESE PROGRAMS AND IN FY2022, THIS TEAM DISTRIBUTED $15,431,334.

IN 1975, FSL OPENED THE FIRST ADULT DAY HEALTH SERVICES (ADHS) CENTER IN ARIZONA TO PROVIDE SAFE, SUPPORTIVE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT FOR SENIORS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. FSL NOW OPERATES THREE CENTERS, BRANDED AS RECREACION - IN GLENDALE, PHOENIX AND TEMPE - WHICH ARE ALL LICENSED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. CLIENTS BENEFIT FROM NURSING SERVICES, PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANCE AND SOCIAL SERVICE CONNECTIONS, ALL OF WHICH HELP THEM MAINTAIN THEIR INDIVIDUAL LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE. 158,219 HOURS OF CARE WERE PROVIDED TO 405 CLIENTS IN FYE 2022. ALONG WITH PROVIDING SUPERVISION, FSL'S DEDICATED STAFF CREATE MONTHLY THERAPEUTIC RECREATION CALENDARS OFFERING ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FSL'S CLIENTS' VARIOUS COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES. IN ADDITION TO DAILY EXERCISE PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS AND COMMUNITY OUTINGS, 193,315 MILES OF TRANSPORTATION AND 19,078 NUTRITIOUS MEALS WERE PROVIDED TO CLIENTS. ALL THREE OF OUR RECREACION LOCATIONS RESUMED IN PERSON SERVICES AND CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON GROWING PERSONNEL AND MEMBERS BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

FSL'S COMMUNITY LIVING RESOURCES IS A COMPILATION OF SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP ENSURE THE PROVISION OF QUALITY CARE IN ASSISTED LIVING AND SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, PRIMARY CARE AND SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN OFFICES AND ATTENDANT AND DIRECT CARE WORKER PROGRAMS, AS DETERMINED BY THE ARIZONA LONG TERM CARE SERVICES HEALTH PLANS AND ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE ANNUAL QUALITY MONITORING AND PERIODIC INVESTIGATIVE AUDITS OF THESE FACILITIES. FOR FYE 2022, 404 QUALITY MONITORING AUDITS WERE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THE RESIDENTS AND PATIENTS' HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. TWO OF THE THREE HEALTH PLANS CHOSE TO UTILIZE THEIR OWN INTERNAL STAFF TO CONDUCT MONITORING VISITS BEGINNING IN 2022 WHICH HAS REDUCED FSL MONITORING SERVICES AND STAFFING. FSL CONTINUES TO CONTRACT WITH ADULT FOSTER CARE SPONSORS TO PROVIDE CARE SERVICES FOR MERCY CARE MEMBERS. IN FYE 2022, 21,514 SAFE BED NIGHTS WERE PROVIDED TO VULNERABLE ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY.