Medicaid waiver
Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE)
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- Who qualifies
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Connecticut residents 65 or older who are at risk of nursing home placement and meet the program's financial eligibility criteria. At risk of nursing home placement means the person needs help with critical needs such as bathing, dressing, eating, taking medications or toileting.
Services may include care management, adult day health, companion, home delivered meals, homemaker, personal care attendant services, chore assistance, adult family living and assistive technology, among others.
Source: Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) (Connecticut Department of Social Services)Checked
- Can a family member be paid
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No. No, with very rare exceptions. For Personal Care Attendant services, family members are not eligible to be paid for taking care of relatives with very rare exceptions.
The page does not say what the exceptions are.
Source: Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders (CHCPE) (Connecticut Department of Social Services)Checked
- Can a spouse be paid
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No. No. The Department of Social Services told the legislature in March 2026 that it currently prohibits spouses, conservators and parents of minor children from being paid caregivers. This covers the program's personal care assistant services, whether through an agency, self-directed, or through Adult Family Living.
The testimony opposed Senate Bill 330, which would have let spouses be paid under the state-funded part of the program. The bill did not pass: its last action was a public hearing on March 3, 2026.