A. Be homebound, which is defined by the following requirements:
1. The person is normally unable to leave home without assistance (physical or mental) from another person;
2. The person is frail, homebound by reason of illness or incapacitating disability or otherwise isolated;
3. Leaving home requires considerable and taxing effort by the participant; and
4. Absences of the participant from home are infrequent, of relatively short duration or attributable to the need to receive medical treatment.
B. Be unable to prepare some or all of his or her meals or require a special diet and be unable to prepare it.
C. Have no other individual available to prepare his or her meals and the provision of a Frozen Home-Delivered Meal is the most cost-effective method of ensuring a nutritionally adequate meal.
D. Have adequate and appropriate storage and be able to perform the simple tasks associated with storing and heating a Frozen Home-Delivered Meal or have made other appropriate arrangements approved by DAABHS.
E. Have the provision of frozen meals included on his or her PCSP as developed by the appropriate PCSP/CC NURSE.
Frozen Home-Delivered Meals must be documented on the PCSP by the PCSP/CC NURSE and must be provided in accordance with the participant's written PCSP.
