WAC 388-106-1933:

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PDFWAC 388-106-1933

How is the GetCare screening scored to determine if I am eligible for a GetCare assessment and related step three services?

(1) To be eligible for a GetCare assessment, care plan, and associated step three services as described in WAC 388-106-1915 (3)(b)(ii), a TSOA individual without a caregiver must have a moderate or high risk score resulting from the thirteen screening questions listed in the following table:

No.	Question	Scoring
No.	Question	Response	Score	Response	Score	Response	Score	Response	Score
1	Do you need help to do the following? Bathing Bed mobility Medication management Transferring Ambulating Eating Toileting Dressing Personal hygiene	Zero to two selected	Zero	Three or more selected	Two
2	Do you need help turning and repositioning?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
3	Who helps you with daily activities?	No one	One	Family/friend/other/paid help	Zero
4	During the last six months, have you had a fall that caused injuries?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
5	Have you had a hospitalization, or been admitted to a nursing facility, or both, in the past six months?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
6	Have you received rehabilitation in the past six months?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
7	Have you been treated in an emergency room, called 911 in the past six months, or both?	No	Zero	Yes, one to two times	One	Yes, three or more times	Two
8	Do you live alone?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
	If yes, do you feel safe living alone?	No	One	Yes	Zero
9	Do you plan on moving to other housing in the near future?	No	Zero	Yes	Two
10	Do you or your family have concerns about your memory, thinking, ability to make decisions, or remembering to pay your bills?	No, not concerned	Zero	Yes, somewhat concerned	One	Yes, very concerned	Two
11	Are you content with your social life?	No	Two	Somewhat	One	Yes	Zero
12	Over the last two weeks, have you been bothered by, or have little interest in doing things?	Not at all	Zero	Several days	One	More than half the days	Two	Nearly every day	Three
13	Over the last two weeks, have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?	Not at all	Zero	Several days	One	More than half the days	Two	Nearly every day	Three

(2) The risk level is calculated by totaling the points assigned to each question as determined by responses to the screening questions in subsection (1) of this section and matching the total points to the risk level in the following table:

Risk level	Point totals
No risk	0
Low risk	1- 8
Moderate risk	9-16
High risk	17 and up

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.39A.030. WSR 19-09-003, § 388-106-1933, filed 4/4/19, effective 5/5/19. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090. WSR 18-08-033, § 388-106-1933, filed 3/27/18, effective 4/27/18.]