Are these official CDSS forms?

No. They are family checklists that point to official forms and offices. Download SOC pages from the CDSS forms catalog.

Use your browser’s print dialog and choose save as PDF. That is enough for a fridge copy.

Skip a box only if it is already done. A missing SOC 873 is a common stall. Guessing wages is never required.

Checklists

Print these before the hospital, the county, or the agency call

Updated September 16, 2026. Reviewed September 16, 2026 against public CDSS, DHCS, Medicare.gov, VA, and CareScout 2025 California tables. County wages, hours, and wait times still change. Official .gov pages decide.

Adult children lose days to missing pages and vague tours. These HTML checklists are meant to be printed or saved as PDF from your browser. They do not file IHSS, admit anyone to a facility, or hire an agency.

Timing, wages, and hour totals stay with the county and with providers. Official CDSS, DHCS, and Community Care Licensing pages remain the source for forms and licenses. Based on public CDSS, DHCS, Medicare.gov, VA, and California Department of Insurance pages retrieved 2026-09-16. County, Medi-Cal, Medicare, VA, and insurer staff decide what actually pays. Hourly rates, hour totals, waiver slots, and wait times are local and change.

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Hospital discharge checklist for adult kids

Inpatient versus observation, Medicare home health, Medi-Cal, SOC 295, and the home the person will return to.

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IHSS application document checklist

Medi-Cal status, SOC 295, SOC 873, copies, and provider enrollment pages, without promising a wait time.

Open the document checklist

Questions to ask a home care agency

License, who employs the caregiver, backup coverage, IHSS overlap, and how private hours are billed.

Open the agency questions

See if IHSS may apply

A coordinator can walk through Medi-Cal, county forms, and the home visit with you. The county still decides eligibility and hours.

Your name

Email address

Where are you in the process?

California county (optional)

What should we help with? (optional)

For example: starting an IHSS application, provider enrollment, or county forms. Keep medical records and diagnoses for the county packet.

Also on this site

Interactive tools

Orientation, assessment packing list, and discharge timer.

Open tools

Post-hospital tool

The interactive after-hospital walkthrough.

Open after-hospital

Partner handouts

One-pagers for hospital and aging-network staff.

Open partners

Who pays

Medicare and Medi-Cal yes-or-no pages.

Open pay answers

Care by condition

Dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s, falls, respite.

Open conditions

Longer paperwork guide

Narrative version of the IHSS packet.

Open the guide

How to apply for IHSS

CDSS and county filing order, with HowTo schema.

Read the process

Discharge timeline

Leaving day, first night, first days at home. No invented wait times.

Read the timeline

Choose a home care agency

License, backup, and IHSS overlap questions.

Read the agency guide

Compare settings

IHSS, private home care, home health, and assisted living side by side.

Open /compare

Questions people ask

Are these official CDSS forms?: No. They are family checklists that point to official forms and offices. Download SOC pages from the CDSS forms catalog.
Can I save a PDF?: Use your browser’s print dialog and choose save as PDF. That is enough for a fridge copy.
Do I need every box?: Skip a box only if it is already done. A missing SOC 873 is a common stall. Guessing wages is never required.

Ask for help navigating care for a parent

Share a few details if you want help organizing IHSS paperwork so a parent can stay home. This form is for follow-up contact, not an eligibility decision. Your county IHSS office and Medi-Cal decide the case.

A coordinator follows up
County decides eligibility
You can stop anytime
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