We provide training to our clients and their family members to increase self-sufficiency at home. This service option is provided to adults when they and their family members need support and training at home in at least one of the community living service categories:
Community Participation
- Use and access to community resources
- Community safety and awareness
- Community mobility and pedestrian safety
- Network development and informal support system
- Leisure, recreation, and socialization planning
- Development of interpersonal communication skills
- Developing skills to meet transportation needs
Healthy, Safety, and Wellness
- Working with the individual to arrange health care, social services, recreational activities, meeting, and appointments
- Health services support
- Guidance and instructional support to complete self-care tasks
- Support in activating and building resiliency factors
- Support in designing and meeting individualized strategies to reach health, safety, and wellness goals
Household Management
- Guidance and instructional support in completing routine household maintenance and care
- Household safety skills and knowledge
- Tenancy support and advocacy
- Training and assistance with budgeting, cooking and meal planning, healthy lifestyle skills and practices, household chores, and purchasing of personal needs
Adaptive Skills
- Implementation of positive support strategies
- Problem-solving
- Support strategies for self-sufficiency
- Crisis prevention skills
- Support and training to increase positive behavior and reduction or elimination of challenging behavior
Remote Support
When opting to receive remote support, this must be discussed with the case manager and approved before remote services can begin.
Criteria for Remote Support
The scope of the remote support must be within individualized home supports and limited to the following:
- Check-ins
- Consultations
When is remote support covered?
- When it is chosen as a service delivery method by the individual or the legal representative (if applicable)
- When it helps the individual achieve his or her identified goal in the support plan
- When the scope of the services is stated in the support plan
- When it is supported by an assessed need
More Information About Individualized Home Support with Family Training
In-person should be scheduled at least once a week. An individual can receive both in-person support and remote support on the same day.
Either the service provider or the individual can initiate the remote support contact. All transmitted written, electronic messages should be retrievable for review. As the service provider, we will choose the appropriate storage method in line with the data privacy laws, restrictions, and guidelines provided in the Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) Provider Agreement, DHS-4138.
The Limitations of the Individualized Home Support with Family Training
The following is not covered by the individualized home supports with family training services:
- Services that primarily provide support for activities of daily living (ADL)
- Supervision during the individual’s sleeping hours
- 24-hour on-site supervision
These services are limited to a maximum of 16 hours of in-person service a day. It is not available to individuals under 18 years old or adults who live in their family home.
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