Ability Care center

1.Adult Companion Services: Adult companion services cover services that help a person work toward a therapeutic or community integration goal in his or her support plan. The adult companion may:

• Attend a movie with the person to practice coping skills to manage his or her social anxiety
• Go with the person to a community event to reduce his or her social isolation
• Play a board game with the person to enhance his or her fine motor skills
• Provide verbal instructions or cues to the person to help him or her complete a task
• Assist or supervise the person with tasks such as laundry, light housekeeping, meal preparation and shopping.

2.Homemaker Services: Services that help a person manage general cleaning and household activities. There are three homemaker services: (1) Homemaker/cleaning (2) Homemaker/home management 3) Homemaker/assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
• Homemaker/cleaning-Cleaning
• Companionship
• Laundry
• Meal preparation
• Routine household care
• Shopping for food, clothing and supplies
• Simple household repairs
• Social stimulation
• Transportation arrangement
• Maintain positive working relationships with Ability Care Center LLC staff, community providers and referral
• sources.
• Manage own time in order ensure assigned tasks are completed.
• Participate in meetings/care conferences, as needed.

3.Individual Community Living Support: Offers assistance and support to Elderly Waiver (EW) and Alternative Care (AC) participants who need reminders, cuing, intermittent or moderate supervision or physical assistance to remain in their own homes. A qualified worker will deliver a range of individualized supports.Service categories include:
Support with Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)

• Active cognitive support
• Household management assistance
• Health, safety, and wellness oversight
• Community living engagement
• Adaptive support service - help to adopt ways to meet needs that encourage self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on human assistance

4.Night Supervision: Overnight assistance and monitoring provided by an awake staff in the person’s own home.

• Carrying out a person’s positive support programming and transition plans
• Reinforcing independent living skills training and other skill development supports
• Assisting with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).

Note:A person can receive night supervision services for no more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period. A person cannot receive night supervision services if they duplicate other Minnesota state plan or waiver services he or she already receives.

5.Respite Care, in home or Out Of Home:

• Respite: Short-term care services provided to a person when his/her primary caregiver is absent or needs relief.
• Primary caregiver(s): Person or people principally responsible for the care and supervision of the person who receives services.
• In-home respite: Respite provided in the person’s home or place of residence.
• Out-of-home respite: Respite provided outside of the person’s home or place of residence.

In-Home Support Service Including/ Intensive Support Service

Independent Skills Training
6.Independent Skills Training- LS training is direct training from a staff person to address the identified skill development needs of a person in the areas of:
• Communication skills
• Community living and mobility
• Interpersonal skills
• Reduction/elimination of maladaptive behavior
• Self-care
• Sensory/motor development involved in acquiring functional skills.
• Assistance and supervision may occur during the delivery of ILS training services. However, training must be the primary service provided.