Services

Respite is a short-term care service intended to provide relief or break, to an individual’s direct support staff or caregiver. Respite may be provided in the individual’s, or the respite provider’s home.  Out-of-home respite: may be provided outside of the person’s home or place of residence.  This service is available under various payment options including, Medical Assistance Home and Community Based Services (waiver programs) as well as private pay.

Personal Support is non-medical care, assistance and supervision provided in the individual’s home or community. This service is one-on-one and intended to help our clients increase their independence and involvement in a community setting typically used by the general public to a full potential. Personal Support Services are available to individuals on either the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver, Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver, or the Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver. 

Adult Companion Services is non-medical care, supervision and socialization provided to an individual 18 years or older. Adult companion services help a person work toward a therapeutic or community integration goal in their support plan. 

The adult companion support staff may: 

*Play a board game to hone the individual's fine motor skills

*Attend a movie with the person to practice coping skills 

*Attend an event to reduce the individual's social isolation

This service also assists or supervise the  person with tasks such as laundry, light housekeeping, meal preparation  and shopping. This service is available to individuals on the Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver or Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver.

Night Supervision Services is overnight assistance and monitoring provided by an awake staff in the individual’s own home. Examples of Night Supervision tasks include reinforcing independent living skills, monitoring for safety, or assisting with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Night Supervision Services are available to individuals on either the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver or the Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver.

 There are three different types of IHS services: 

Without Training, With Training and With Family Training. 

Support for individualized home supports:

A staff member providing direct supervision, cueing, maintenance, guidance, instruction, incidental assistance with activities of daily living or assistance with coordination of community living activities.

Training for individualized home supports: 

 Instructional services through which a person receives direct training from a staff member on community living skills identified in a person’s assessment (e.g., MnCHOICES, long-term care consultation [LTCC]). Training includes skill building to acquire, retain and improve the person’s experience living in the community. 

Community living service categories: 

Broad service categories for providing support and training 

to help a person to live independently in the community. 

The community living service categories include:

Community participation, Health, safety and wellness

Household management and Adaptive skills.

This service is an on-call counseling and problem solving and/or immediate response for assistance at a person's home due to a health or personal emergency. Services are available to individuals on either the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver or the Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver.

   This is a bundled service that includes: active cognitive support, adaptive support service, activities of daily living (ADLs), household management, health, safety and wellness and community engagement. ICLS services offer assistance and support for older adults who need reminders, cues, intermittent/moderate supervision or physical assistance to remain in their own homes.