Dementia care at home in Orange County

Where the file belongs

Orange County sits between Los Angeles and San Diego counties, from the coast through Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, and south-county communities. Every city inside Orange County uses the Orange County IHSS office when that is the parent's home. A discharge planner in a neighboring county does not move a Garden Grove or Irvine household.

Orange County sits between Los Angeles and San Diego counties. A parent who lives in Orange County uses that county’s IHSS office, even if the adult child lives in Los Angeles County or the hospital is across a county line.

Neighbor-county mistakes

Neighbors are Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego. Families sometimes file in Los Angeles County because the hospital was in Torrance, or in San Diego County because a sibling lives in Oceanside. La Habra is still Orange County. If the parent lives there, Orange County social services takes the dementia assessment. Orange County borders Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, and San Diego County. File with the county where the person who needs care lives.

Adult-child commute traps

An adult child who works in Los Angeles and drives to a parent in Anaheim or Mission Viejo still files in Orange County. The job county is not the IHSS county. Evening visits across the county line do not split the case.

Protective supervision in this home

Write a typical day in the Orange County home: wandering toward a busy street in Santa Ana, a stove left on in Irvine, night waking that a neighbor has already noticed. Orange County may consider protective supervision when it finds unsupervised risk. The diagnosis itself does not authorize hours. Read IHSS protective supervision and the statewide dementia page before the home visit. Caregiver Resource Centers, listed by the California Department of Aging, can sit beside the county file. They do not authorize IHSS hours.

The Orange County IHSS page explains how to file in this county. If you also want a licensed Home Care Organization, the Orange County agency list on the California Home Care Registry is a separate directory. Listing is informational. IHSS individual providers are a different path.

Questions people ask

Does a dementia diagnosis award IHSS hours in Orange County?

No. Orange County assesses tasks in this home. Two people with the same diagnosis can receive different notices. This page does not quote hours or wages.

Can Orange County authorize protective supervision for Alzheimer's?

Only if Orange County finds unsupervised risk from a mental impairment or mental illness. Bring examples from a typical day in this home. The diagnosis is not a checkbox that authorizes the category.

Which county do we file if the adult child lives near Orange County?

Neighbors are Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, and San Diego. Families sometimes file in Los Angeles County because the hospital was in Torrance, or in San Diego County because a sibling lives in Oceanside. La Habra is still Orange County. If the parent lives there, Orange County social services takes the dementia assessment.

Where is the official Orange County IHSS office?

Use the CDSS county IHSS office list and select Orange County. Do not collect unofficial phone numbers from blogs or social posts. Medi-Cal questions go to DHCS and the county Medi-Cal unit that office names.

Who decides dementia care at home in Orange County?

Orange County IHSS and Medi-Cal decide the case. California Home Help can help you organize the packet. Sevah's home care team can talk about in-home help later if you want that. The county still decides.