Phamily Values Services

Companion services are direct services provided to participants age 18 and older who live in private homes for the limited purposes of providing supervision or assistance that is designed to ensure the participant’s health, safety and welfare or to perform activities of daily living for the participant. This service is intended to assist the participant to participate more meaningfully in home and community life. 

This service may be provided in home and community settings, including the participant’s competitive employment workplace. To the extent that Companion services are provided in community settings, the settings must be inclusive rather than segregated. Companion services shall not be provided in a licensed setting, unlicensed residential setting or camp. This does not preclude this service from being utilized to assist a participant to volunteer in a nursing facility or hospital or occasionally visit a friend or family member in a licensed setting or unlicensed residential setting. 

In-Home and Community Support is a direct service provided in home and community settings to assist participants in acquiring, maintaining and improving the skills necessary to live in the community, to live more independently, and to participate meaningfully in community life. To the extent that In-Home and Community Support is provided in community settings, the settings must be inclusive rather than segregated. 

Services consist of assistance, support and guidance (physical assistance, instruction, prompting, modeling, and positive reinforcement) in the general areas of self-care, health maintenance, decision making, home management, managing personal resources, communication, mobility and transportation, relationship development and socialization, personal adjustment, participating in community functions and activities and use of community resources. The type and amount of assistance, support and guidance are informed by the assessed need for physical, psychological and emotional assistance established through the assessment and person-centered planning processes. The type and amount of assistance are delivered to enhance the autonomy of the participant, in line with his or her personal preferences and to achieve their desired outcomes. 

Respite services are direct services that are provided to supervise and support participants living in private homes on a short-term basis for planned or emergency situations, giving the person(s) normally providing care a period of relief. 

  • Respite services do not cover the care provided to a minor child when the primary caregiver or legally responsible individual is absent due to work