Our Services
Crisis Respite
Defined in the Minnesota Community-Based Services Manual as “short-term behavioral or medical intervention services to protect the person or others living with them and provide relief and support to the caregiver” our team approaches crisis respite situations with the following goals:
Assess the person and situation to determine the factors causing the crisis.
Assist, supervise and provide care necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the person.
Develop a person-centered intervention plan, in coordination with the person and support team, that is based on recommendations in the assessment.
Consult with and train the provider(s) and/or caregiver(s) to ensure successful implementation of the intervention plan.
Provide ongoing technical assistance to the provider(s) or caregiver(s) to implement the intervention plan.
Recommend positive support strategies and revisions to the person’s support plan to prevent or minimize future crisis situations and increase the stability of the person living in the community.
Develop and implement a transition plan to support the person’s return home if they receive out-of-home crisis respite.
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Defined in the Minnesota CBSM, respite services are, short-term care services provided to a person when their primary caregiver is absent or needs relief.
In-home respite: Respite provided to a person in their home. This can include time spent in community locations used by the general public (e.g., malls, parks, libraries) while the person continues to stay in their home.
Out-of-home respite: Respite provided to a person in a licensed setting or unlicensed setting that is not the person’s home. This can include time spent in community locations used by the general public (e.g., malls, parks, libraries) while the person stays in a licensed or unlicensed setting that is not their home.
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Respite
Individualized Home Supports
Defined in the Minnesota CBSM, Individualized home supports (IHS) are services for people who live in their own home or family home that provide support and/or training in the community living service categories listed in the covered services section. There are three types of IHS:
Without training.
With training.
With family training.
All types of IHS can be provided in the person’s own home, family’s home or in community spaces used by the general public, and either in person or remotely (refer to the remote support service delivery option section on this page).
Support in community living service categories: Cueing, skill maintenance, guidance, instruction, assistance with activities of daily living, assistance with coordination of community living activities or direct supervision. Support must be within an allowable community living service category.
Training in community living service categories: Skill-building and instructional services to acquire, retain and improve the person’s experience living in the community. Training must be within an allowable community living service category, and training must meet identified needs specified in the person’s assessment (e.g., MnCHOICES, long-term care consultation).
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Family Residential Services
Family residential services are provided in a licensed family foster care setting where the license holder resides in the home.
As defined in the Minnesota CBSM, family residential services cover training and/or habilitation, ongoing residential care and supportive services that are individualized and based on the person’s needs. This may include increasing and maintaining the person’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social function in the following areas:
Assistance with activities of daily living.
Communication skills.
Community participation and mobility.
Health care.
Household management.
Interpersonal skills.
Leisure and recreation.
Medication oversight to the extent permitted under state law (e.g., Minn. Stat. 245D.05).
Money management.
Positive behavior and mental health support.
Self-care.
Sensory and motor development.
Socialization.
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