Medicaid provides several options for eligible people to receive the assistance and care they need in their communities.

People who are elderly or have a disability may need assistance to remain living in their homes, rather than moving to a nursing home or other institution.  Personal Care Services are medically-oriented tasks related to an individual's physical or functional needs.

Idaho has a Home and Community-Based Waiver to assist Idaho's elderly and physically disabled citizens to maintain self-sufficiency, individuality, independence, dignity, choice, and privacy in a cost-effective home-like setting. Costs for services provided through this waiver cannot be more than the cost of institutional care. Services for eligible people can be provided in a participant's home, in a certified family home, or in a residential or assisted living facility. This waiver provides eligible individuals the ability to choose and receive the care they need in the home or community rather than in an institution.