Consumer Directed Services in Chesterfield, Missouri

Communicare Elite provides Consumer Directed Services under MO HealthNet to Chesterfield. Who helps you is your decision, including a relative who is not your spouse, while payroll, paperwork and Medicaid billing are handled here.

Why home care matters in Chesterfield

Chesterfield’s housing is newer and generally more accessible than the inner-ring suburbs — more ranch plans, wider doorways, main-floor primary bedrooms. The barrier here is rarely the building. It is isolation and distance: large lots, few sidewalks, no practical public transport, and a layout that assumes everyone drives.

When driving stops being safe, a Chesterfield address becomes genuinely restrictive in a way a city address does not. Essential transportation is one of the tasks a CDS care plan can authorize, and in west county it is often the one that restores the most independence — groceries, St. Luke’s Hospital, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, the specialists along Olive. The other west-county consideration is recruitment: attendants who live nearby are the ones who turn up in an ice storm, so it is worth thinking about where your candidate actually lives.

How CDS works for Chesterfield residents

The program is entered through the state: MO HealthNet eligibility, an in-home assessment on 866-835-3505, and an authorized care plan before a vendor is selected. All six steps here.

What your attendant can be paid for

Your plan authorizes the tasks — bathing and transfers at one end, errands and rides at the other. Full covered-task list.

Paying a family member in Chesterfield

West county families are often surprised that a relative already helping can be paid for it. Only a spouse is excluded. How family caregivers get paid.

Distance from our office

Communicare Elite is at 4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 106, St. Louis, MO 63134, minutes from Lambert International Airport — roughly about 25 minutes from Chesterfield. Most business is handled by phone, but you are welcome at the office; call ahead so someone is expecting you.

Questions from Chesterfield families

I stopped driving last year. Can an attendant drive me?

Essential transportation — medical appointments, groceries and errands, school or employment — is one of the authorized task categories. Raise it specifically at your assessment.

Can my attendant use my car, or do they need their own?

That is an arrangement between you as the employer and your attendant. Whoever drives needs a valid license and appropriate insurance.

Is it harder to find an attendant in west county?

It can be, simply because of distance. Hiring someone who already lives nearby — a neighbor, a family member, someone from your congregation — is usually more durable than hiring across the county.

Does someone in my family need experience to be an attendant?

No prior experience is required; orientation and training are provided. What training covers.

Can I be my parent’s attendant and keep my own job?

Many attendants do, within the authorized hours. How family caregivers are paid.

Nearby communities we also serve

Maryland Heights · Kirkwood · St. Charles · St. Louis County — or see the whole service area.