Offers Home Supports with Training and Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS) for adults living in their own homes. These services help individuals maintain and build the skills needed to live independently and successfully in the community. Services include: - Daily Living Skills Support: Assistance with budgeting, health and wellness, meal planning, money management, relationship building, shopping, and more. - Home Supports with Training: Individualized support provided in the home or community to maintain and strengthen independent living skills. - Housing Transition Services: Help with locating housing, completing rental applications, budgeting for housing, and preparing for and planning a move. - Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS): Ongoing support to promote independence while ensuring access to community resources and supports.

The Living at Home Block Nurse Program provides support services to elders and their caregivers so they may continue living in their home as long as possible. This support is available through volunteers and four part-time staff. No-cost services include: - Application assistance - Blood pressure clinics - Care management - Friendly visits (phone calls only until further notice) - Home safety checks - In-home fall prevention coaching - Respite care - Service coordination - Spring and fall yard clean-up - Transportation services Services provided through private pay or paid by insurance/Medicare: - Homemaking services - Chores support - In-home foot care - Navigation assistance

Individuals and/or families meet once a week with an isolated older adult. Visits may include a casual conversation, playing cards, watching a movie, looking at photos, baking cookies or going for a walk.

Helps seniors live safely and as independently as possible Services include: - Case management - Companionship - Free customized information and referral for senior housing options - Home Health Aides - Laundry and light housekeeping - Life care management - Meal planning, preparation and grocery shopping - Nursing care - Personal care - Service coordination - Transportation for appointments and outings

Provides the following resources for seniors: Community Health Promotion - ??Diabetes Support Group - Laughter Yoga classes - Nurse-provided blood pressure clinics at various community locations - Tai Chi for Health exercise classes - Senior Art Classes (typically in the fall & spring) - Senior Social & Health Talks (held monthly) - Technology Clinic (1:1 help with technology) Individual Support Services - Caregiver support, respite, and education - Chore/shopping services (limited) - Companion services through "Friendly Visitor" volunteers - Fall prevention assessments - Foot and home care services - In-home nurse visits, including vision consultations, and low-vision products - Information, referral, and advocacy - Rapid Screen assessments - Rides to local medical appointments (based on volunteer availability)

Community Based Services are programs designed to assist aging and disabled persons to maintain independent living Services to individuals and families are provided to: - Support and maintain independent living in the community - Assist aging and disabled persons in determining their health care needs - Avoid costly hospitalization and institutionalization - Coordinating home care services - Skilled nursing - Home Health Aide (HHA) - Homemaker - Senior Companion - Respite care - Meals on Wheels (MOW) - Transportation

- 24 hour High-Tech or Complex Nursing (Ventilator Nursing Care LPN/RN) - 24-hour Home Health Aide and Personal Care Attendant (HHA/PCA) - 24-hour Private Duty Nursing or Regular Nursing (LPN/RN) - Home Health Aide (HHA), Personal Care Attendant (PCA), Homemaker, Companion - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Registered Nursing - Skill Home Visit (assessment)

- Caregiver support group - Companionship - Dementia Friends training on request - Friendly visits - Homemaking and chores service - Paperwork assistance - Respite care - Socialization - Telephone reassurance/buddy phone call service - Transportation (including wheelchair accessible transports) to: medical/social service appointments, church, senior dining, hair dresser appointments, and grocery shopping - Yard work

Provides volunteers to help seniors in the community with daily tasks, encouragement to remain active, errands, transportation, and other services. Also provide companionship to seniors. Caring companion volunteers are adults 50 and older.

Home Care Services - After-hospital care - Blood pressure monitoring - Cancer care management - Care for respiratory illness - Diabetes monitoring and management - Home infusion therapy - Home safety evaluation and modification - Medication management and teaching - Nutrition counseling - Orthopedic patient care - Physical, occupational, and speech therapies - Post-partum care - Social work and long-range planning - Wound care Personal Care Services - Bathing, dressing, and grooming - Exercise and mobility assistance - Light housekeeping - Meal preparation Home Support Services - Care management - Companionship and emotional support - Foot care - Functional and cognitive assessments - Homemaker services and meal preparation - Home maintenance - Home management services and errands - Laundry assistance - Medication management - Personal care assistance (dressing, bathing and hygiene care) - Shopping and errand assistance - Transportation and escort to physician appointments - Travel companion and escort for trips or events - Wellness and safety monitoring

Provides in-home skilled nursing services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Health: 24-hour skilled nursing care, complex medical care, hospice care, assistance with daily living activities Supportive: Companionship, light housekeeping, transportation services

Provides short-term and long-term nursing home level care for adults in their home, including memory care and post-accident care. - Provide care when family caregivers are absent - Supplement assisted living care for assisted living residents - Supplement in-home hospice care - Provide safety and companionship for people with memory loss - Prepare meals - Laundry, daily housekeeping and cleaning - Run errands - Drive clients to shopping, worship services, doctor, hairdresser, etc. - Provide companionship and safety for clients with vision loss or memory loss Trained Home Health Aides provide in-home care services, including: - Medication administration - Assistance with transfers and mobility, including use of mechanical lifts - Bathing, toileting, and inconntinence assistance - Monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar - Administration of oxygen - Tube feeding - Catheter care - Personal care, dressing, and grooming

Offers traditional home care services. Services are flexible and designed to meet client needs. - Assisting with ambulation and helping to prevent falls - Bathing, toileting, and grooming - Cleaning the bathroom and kitchen after use, washing dishes after meals, and mopping the floor - Cleaning the client's home, which includes dusting and vacuuming - Driving and/or accompanying the client to the physician when necessary - Going on walks and encouraging and participating in stimulating activities - Helping with correspondence to family and friends - Making and changing the bed - Medication management - Preparing and serving meals according to the client's dietary needs - Providing hygiene assistance - Providing respite for family caregivers - Providing socialization, friendship, and support for the client - Reminding clients to take their medication - Shopping and performing other household errands - Taking care of personal laundry and bed linens for the client

District 1 Elder Advocate: (218) 407-4395 District 2 Elder Advocate: (218) 368-8718 District 3 Elder Advocate: (218) 760-1793 Elder Advocates assist with: - Transportation - Food Shelf visits - Banking - Grocery shopping - County paperwork - Social Security - Health insurance information - Transportation to county appointments - Light house cleaning and a good listening ear - Mandated reporters of physical, emotional, financial and sexual abuse and neglect. Emergency assistance may be provided in extraordinary need - call for more information. Leech Lake Elders 55 years of age and older qualify for the eyeglasses, denture and hearing aid program - participants must utilize IHS. Elders and disabled band members may qualify for some medical equipment - a doctor's prescription may be required.

- Bread and baked goods - Congregate dining meals. Meal reservations must be done three days in advance. - Driving improvement classes - Educational programs on health issues and 55 Alive - Foot care/blood pressure checks - Information and referral, outreach, support groups, senior companion/friendly visitor, peer counseling, and telephone reassurance - Recreational/leisure activities including cards, games, movies, lunch pot lucks, bingo, and day trips - Transportation for groceries and social activities at senior center only

Provides in-home skilled nursing services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Health: 24-hour skilled nursing care, complex medical care, hospice care, assistance with daily living activities Supportive: Companionship, light housekeeping, transportation services

Non-professional services provided: - Errand running and shopping assistance - Friendly visiting - Light housekeeping - Meal preparation - Mail management and personal correspondence - Telephone reassurance - Volunteers do not give medications, do not assist in transferring sitting to bed, etc. Transportation to appointments, church, social engagements, and shopping: - No fee - donation accepted - Must have 2 days advance notice - NOT wheelchair accessible - Both curb-to-curb and door-to-door service available depending upon need Repairs and minor maintenance of home and yard, including snow removal. There is insurance coverage for volunteers during the times they are providing CREST services.

Provides resources for seniors living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services provided according to availability of volunteers and staff: - Assisted Transportation: Short distance volunteer drivers provide help to access medical appointments, groceries, pharmacy, etc. Limitations and restrictions apply. - Companionship: Home visits provided by volunteers to provide non-medical support to encourage socialization - Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e. changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc. Supportive programs: - Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans and connect with resources in the community - Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver and to learn from each other - In-Home Respite: Home visits by volunteers who visit with care receiver to temporarily relieve the caregiver. (Services are not home health aide, medical or PCA). - Social Respite: Memory Cafe meets once a month providing conversation, tactile arts/crafts projects, exercise, music and games to temporarily relieve the caregiver while providing socialization for care receivers

Volunteers provide non-medical services: - Companion services - Errand running/shopping assistance - Meal preparation - Respite - Senior exercise programs and fall prevention education - Small household and yard chores - Telephone reassurance - Transportation: not wheelchair accessible. Door-to-door. - Caregiver support and education; a 6-week class, Powerful Tools for Caregivers; and a weekly support group

Provides in-home skilled nursing services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Health: 24-hour skilled nursing care, complex medical care, hospice care, assistance with daily living activities Supportive: Companionship, light housekeeping, transportation services

Senior companions become friends with other seniors in their communities who are lonely and isolated To be a senior companion: - Be 60 years or older and in good health - Be willing to commit at least 12 hours each week to establish solid and reliable relationships with those you serve - Enjoy sharing yourself and your lifetime of experience with others Service Sites: - Red Lake Nation - Northland Apartments - Beltrami County Public Health - Bemidji Senior Center - Leech Lake Health Division - Baker Park

The following services are provided: - Assisted transportation - Congregate dining programs - Evidence-based health promotion classes - Fall prevention activities - Friendly visiting - Health education and information - Health fairs - Homemaking and chore services - Respite for caregivers - Socialization - Telephone reassurance

Provides companionship services to isolated, home-bound seniors. Services may include assistance with errands, grocery shopping or transportation to appointments, assisting with correspondence or simple household tasks, share an interest or hobby, lunch outings or enjoying a walk. Provides volunteer opportunities for adults 55 years plus who would like to help others remain independent in their own homes. Clients receive: - Companionship and visiting to the isolated elderly clients - Assistance in personal needs such as shopping, medical appointments, letter writing, socialization - Respite care for caregivers. Senior Companions serve 15 - 20 hours a week and receive a tax free stipend plus transportation allowance.

Provides short-term and long-term nursing home level care for adults in their home, including memory care and post-accident care. - Provide care when family caregivers are absent - Supplement assisted living care for assisted living residents - Supplement in-home hospice care - Provide safety and companionship for people with memory loss - Prepare meals - Laundry, daily housekeeping and cleaning - Run errands - Drive clients to shopping, worship services, doctor, hairdresser, etc. - Provide companionship and safety for clients with vision loss or memory loss Trained Home Health Aides provide in-home care services, including: - Medication administration - Assistance with transfers and mobility, including use of mechanical lifts - Bathing, toileting, and inconntinence assistance - Monitoring of blood pressure and blood sugar - Administration of oxygen - Tube feeding - Catheter care - Personal care, dressing, and grooming

Provides customized, in-home services including homemaking, companion, nursing, and health aid services