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Home Care Specialized nursing care is provided by public health nurses in the home to assist with medication management, wound care, dressing changes, post-operative care, and other services ordered by the client's physician. The public health nurse may also assign a licensed practical nurse or home health aide to assist in the care of the client. Home health aides/elder care aides provide personal care (hair washing, showers, nail care, etc.), visiting, light housekeeping, and other services for clients with medical or health problems. Aides may also monitor vital signs and provide basic health services. The public health staff is available to perform home safety checks for families with children or for elders. A limited number of safety items may be available following the home safety check. Instruction on how to use this equipment will be provided, although the nursing staff cannot install the equipment for families. Community Health Representatives (CHR) Transportation Provides transportation for individuals to medical, dental, and optical appointments only after all other resources are exhausted. Appointments should be confirmed with the CHR's schedule to assure that clients arrive on time to their appointments. No one under the age of 18 will be transported without a parent. All persons being transported are required to wear a seat belt at all times. Delivers medical prescriptions to homebound elders who have no other means of obtaining their medication.

The Chore Services program assists older adults with a variety of in-home and outdoor services. Services include: - Assisted transportation with rides to the grocery store, doctors' appointments, and other errands - Homemaking services such as laundry, grocery shopping, and small meal prepration - Housing cleaning for deep cleaning and one-time decluttering - Minor home repair services and special projects - Yard maintenance all year-long such as lawn mowing, fall leaf raking, winter snow removal, and spring clean-up activities

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff: - 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

Volunteers take grocery shopping orders on Tuesday morning and volunteers shop for and deliver orders on Wednesday mornings. Clients need to be home at delivery time. Clients need to be 60+ and have difficulty shopping for groceries. A cost-share contribution is suggested based on income. Payments for orders are made by the client directly to the store.

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.

Companions support individuals who may need a little extra day-to-day help to remain safe, comfortable, and independent. Companionship may include: - Assistance to medical and personal appointments - Conversation and participation in recreational activities - Grocery shopping and other errands - Light housekeeping and laundry; organizing drawers, closets, cupboards, dishes, etc. - Meal planning and preparation - Temporary visits and/or one-time visits to a medical appointment from out-of-town or on a temporary basis - Walking the dog - Watering plants

Contract for services with local providers: - Home health aides - Homemakers provide homemaking assistance which may include light housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping, and running errands - Skilled nurse visits to provide technical procedures, assessments, appropriate interventions, teaching, and medication monitoring

Companion/Night Supervision Services: Services that help an individual work toward a therapeutic or community integration goal. Night supervision is an overnight assistance and monitoring provided in the person's own home, which includes assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's), reinforcing independent living skills, etc. Homemaking/Home Management Services: Provide assistance to individuals who are unable to perform day-to-day household duties and have no one available to assist them. Services include light housekeeping, laundry, limited personal care, grocery shopping, meal preparation, etc. Individual Community Living Support (ICLS): Provides assistance and support to clients who need reminders, cues, intermittent/moderate supervision, or physical assistance to remain in their own home. Services include assistance with active cognitive support, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), household management, health, safety, and wellness, and community engagement. Personal Care Assistant (PCA): Performs care services to clients unable to live independently in the community without assistance. Services include assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), grooming/personal hygiene, light cleaning, cooking, etc. They also engage clients in activities such as reading, talking, community support, etc. Personal Support Services/Individualized Home Supports Without Training: Provided in the individual's home to achieve their full potential, to increase independence, and to meet community inclusion goals that are important and based on their need. Established to assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), participation in community activities, etc. Respite Care: Short-term care services provided due to the absence or need for relief of the family member(s) or primary caregiver normally providing care. Respite can be provided in-home or out-of-home.

Provides a wide range of in-home services such as medical care, assistance with everyday household activities, housekeeping, and shopping. Caregivers are licensed nurses, social workers, therapists, and certified aides. Home-based services include medical and non-medical options such as: - Home Health: Focuses on medical assistance including medication management, rehabilitation services, wound care, social work, and other medical treatments. Other specialized services include postsurgical rehabilitation and evaluation, physical speech, occupational therapies, disease or symptom management, catheter care, and IV therapy. - Home Care: Assists with daily living activities, light housekeeping, meal preparation, companionship, medication reminders, and more - Telehealth Services: In-home technology to let caregivers communicate with patients remotely. Telehealth devices include blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, medication management systems, and video calls with a care provider. - Hospice: Hospice care can be provided in the home, at an extended care facility, or inpatient hospice care facility. Provides quality of life to patients and caregivers who have a life-limiting illness. A team of professionals collaborates with the patient and their family in the decision-making process to manage symptoms so their last days may be spent with dignity.

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

Representatives assist with the following: - Elder visits - Medical transports - Medication box set-up - Medication pick-up and delivery - Referrals to outside agencies as needed - Services to the Nett Lake School as needed - Volunteer driver transport set up -WIC clinics

Provides the following services: - 24 hours/7 days a week availability - Errand running/shopping assistance - Grocery shopping - Homemaking assistance including meal preparation - Home health aides - Medication assistance - Personal care attendant - Physical, occupational, speech, and respiratory therapies - Private duty nursing (extended hour nursing including complex cases) - Skilled nursing care including private duty nursing

Home care services include: - Companionship - Complete meal preparation - Errand running/shopping assistance - Housekeeping assistance - Personal care assistance - Find locations using the website Locator Tool

Individualized Home Supports with Family Training - Services for people who live in their family home that provide support and/or training in the following community living service categories: - Community participation - Health, safety, and wellness - Household management - Adaptive skills *Designed to provide training to the person as well as their family members Individualized Home Supports with Training - Services for people who live in their own home or family home that provide support and/or training in the following community living service categories: - Community participation - Health, safety, and wellness - Household management - Adaptive skills - Formal person-centered outcomes - Completion of skill assessments *Designed for adults in need of support and training in one of the above-mentioned service categories. Individualized Home Supports without Training - Services for people who live in their own home or family home that provide support in the following community living service categories: - Community participation - Health, safety, and wellness - Household management - Adaptive skills - Complimentary support plan (SP) - Informal and formal person-centered outcomes *Designed for adults or children who require support in one of the above-mentioned service categories. Specialist Services - Provision services that extend past the scope and duration of available waiver and state plan services including: - Assessments/individual program plan and program development - Training and supervision of staff - Monitoring of specific program implementation Respite - Short-term care services provided to a person when their primary caregiver is absent or needs relief. Services include: - In-home respite: Service is provided to a person in their home or the family home. - Out-of-home respite: Service is provided to a person in a licensed or unlicensed setting that is not the person's home. - Respite level A: Active, out in the community - Respite level B: Stay at home and local outings only - Respite level C: Sleep in - Respite level D: 24-hour period Homemaker Services - Services that help a person manage general cleaning and household activities. Services include: - Cleaning: light housekeeping tasks, laundry services - Home management: cleaning, transportation arrangement, meal preparation, shopping for food, and household items - Assistance with ADLs: cleaning, assistance with ADLs (ambulating, bathing, dressing, eating, grooming, toileting) *Training is not covered under this service. To receive homemaker services, homemaker cleaning must be the primary service provided. County-Funded Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS) - Services needed to maintain and improve an adult's capacity to live in the community. Supports people in ways that enable them to achieve personally desired outcomes and lead self-directed lives including: - Money management - Meal preparation - Shopping - Obtaining and maintaining a home - Self administration of medication - Formal skill building

In-home support services for individuals who want personalized care in the comfort and safety of their own home, including: - Appointments - Assisting clients with daily living activities - Errands - Direct care - Homemaking - Personal care - Respite services

Resource center assists with the following services: - Advocacy: Includes areas of housing, civil and human rights, employment, transportation, and others. The Center advocates for state, local, and federal legislation. - Aging in Place Program: Offers accessible modification assistance, ramp installation, and accessibility assessments for homes and businesses for safe access and increased independence. - Assistive Technology Network: Assists individuals in the process of obtaining assistive technology devices. - Homemaking Services: Assists individuals in managing household activities including housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and shopping. - Independent living skills training - Information and Referral: Provides up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region. - On-Demand Lending Library: Program will purchase the requested device and the individual can use it for as long as needed; the program retains ownership of the item. Eligibility requirements: first come, first served basis; funds are limited. - Peer Mentoring: Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and create a unique plan to achieve those goals. Matches interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, problem-solving solutions, social skills, etc. - Public Education: Provides information, resources, and materials on accessibility guides, ADA, disability laws, etc. - Respite Care Services: Provides short-term in-home care and support when the primary caregiver or family members need to be absent from the home. - Systems Advocacy: Works to implement changes where needed at a broader systemic level. - Transition/Relocation Services: Assists individuals living with a disability in transitioning from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings, with the goal of preventing institutionalization.

Comprehensive geriatric assessment, case management, shopping, transportation, caregiver support and other services to help adults over 60 live safely and independently at home. Services include: - Care Planning and Consultation - Holocaust Survivor Support - Memory Café - Transportation for clients of the program, Monday - Friday, with at least two days' notice - Volunteers who provide friendly visiting and socialization

Offers holistic care in the following areas: Medical services: - Disease management - Medical social work - Occupational therapy - Recovery and wellness - Rehabilitation services - Physical therapy - Speech and language rehabilitation Private care services: - 24 hour/7 days a week care - Companions - Light housekeeping - Home health aides - Homemakers - Meal preparation - Medical reminders - Shopping

Contract for services with local providers: - Home health aides - Homemakers provide homemaking assistance, which may include light housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping, and running errands - Skilled nurse visits to provide technical procedures, assessments, appropriate interventions, teaching, and medication monitoring

Provides home health and personal care services that enable older adults to continue to live independently. Home care services are provided in the community or in a Sholom-owned facility. Services include: - Home health aides - Nurse visits - Occupational therapy - Palliative care - Physical therapy - Remote patient monitoring to measure pulse oximetry, blood pressure, glucometers, temperature, and weight - Speech therapy - Social work services Home care services provided: - Alzheimer's and Dementia care - Bathing and incontinence care - Flexible care options, hourly, daily, and overnight care - Licensed, insured, bonded caregivers - Meal prep, housekeeping, errands, driving to appointments - Medication assistance - Transfers from bed to wheelchairs

Non-professional services provided: - Errand running and shopping assistance - Friendly visiting - Light housekeeping - Meal preparation - Mail management and personal correspondence - 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.?? - Telephone reassurance - Transportation is available for appointments, church, social engagements, and shopping. Request for transportation must be done 2 days in advance and are not wheelchair accessible. Both curb-to-curb and door-to-door service is available depending on need. No fees and donations are accepted. - Volunteers do not give medications, do not assist in transferring sitting to bed, etc.

Wheelchair accessible vans for persons needing transportation services for the following: - Doctor and therapist appointments - Door through Door Service - Errand service - Hospital visits - Shopping and special events - Stretcher cot transportation - Visits to Saint Cloud, or out of town - Wheelchair use and care attendant available?

Provides homemaking services that include laundry, cleaning, meal preparation, shopping and errands, socialization, assistance with paying bills, and reading mail.

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

Offers a comprehensive range of services designed to support older adults and individuals with disabilities in living safely and independently in their own homes and communities. Services include: - Advocacy: Connecting clients with resources such as the Minnesota Ombudsman Program. - Assisted Transportation: Volunteers offer in-town and out-of-town rides, with a sliding fee scale available for out-of-town trips. - Caregiver Support and Respite: Support groups and respite care to assist family caregivers in managing their responsibilities. - Correspondence Assistance: Helping individuals maintain connections with loved ones through letters and other forms of communication. - Friendly Visits and Telephone Reassurance: Regular in-person or phone check-ins to reduce isolation and provide companionship. - Health Education: Promotes wellness and chronic disease management - Information and Referral: Assistance in navigating community resources and services. - Light Housekeeping and Chores: Help with tasks such as changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, and light cleaning. - Shopping and Errands: Volunteer assistance with grocery shopping and other errands. - Social Activities: Assistance with attending local events and social gatherings.