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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

A non-medical home health care agency offering services such as:

• 24-hour emergency assistance

• Adult companion services

• Day training and habilitation

• Employment support services including employment development, exploration, and support

• Homemaking services

• Independent living skills training

• Individualized community living support and individualized home supports

• Personal support and night supervision

• Respite care, in home, or out-of-home

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

Home care services include:

• Companionship

• Complete meal preparation

• Errand running/shopping assistance

• Housekeeping assistance

• Personal care assistance

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Provides services such as:

• Art classes and senior social events

• Chore services (e.g., cleaning tasks)

• Exercise and fitness programs

• Friendly visiting and phone calls (social connection)

• Grocery shopping and home deliveries (medications, personal items)

• Health and safety education

• Home risk assessments

• Homemaking support (light housekeeping)

• Minor home repairs

• Respite care (short-term caregiver relief)

• Supplemental food programs (including USDA senior food distribution)

• Transportation

• Yard work/snow removal

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

Errands and shopping assistance

• Volunteers will run local errands like picking up prescriptions or getting groceries for homebound seniors ensuring that they have the needed supplies to maintain their health and continue functioning independently at home

Friendly visits

• Volunteers provide social interaction for those who live alone or who would benefit from additional support and companionship

Handyworker and yardwork assistance

• Volunteers provide assistance with minor home repairs and maintenance (recipients are expected to pay for needed materials), outdoor chores such as garden projects, yard work, cleaning out gutters or snow removal

Housekeeping and chore service

• Volunteers provide assistance with routine cleaning and/or other occasional deep cleaning around the home to help ensure that seniors have a clean and safe environment which helps reduce safety risks that would be present if the senior attempted to do these chores on their own

Resource and referral

• Provides resources and referrals for any number of services that are not provided directly by agency

Respite care

• Volunteers provide the primary caregiver a temporary reprieve from their caregiving responsibilities and provide companionship and support to the senior receiving care. Faith In Action volunteers are not able to help with personal care such as toileting/bathing or assist with transfers or provide medical services such as administering medication or changing dressings.

Transportation

• Volunteer Drivers transport and escort participants to medical and non medical appointments helping increase mobility for seniors who are unable to drive or providing a safe alternative for those who still have a vehicle and license. Mileage reimbursement is available to all volunteer drivers.

Provides in-home care services to clients within the comfort of their home. Services provided include:

• Care coordination, including arranging therapy services

• Daily living support for meal preparation, light housekeeping, and companionship

• End-of-life comfort care and emotional support

• Medication management and reminders

• Personal care assistance such as bathing, dressing, and grooming

• Post-hospital or post-surgery recovery support

• Registered Nurse (RN) services and supervision

• Respite care for family caregivers

• Specialized in-home memory care support

• Transportation to appointments and errands

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

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.

Provides dedicated support to seniors in the community to allow them to remain in their own homes. Using volunteer support from the community and throughout the Twin Cities, East Side Elders provides a variety of programming including:

• Chores and Housekeeping: Visitors can help with everyday chores such as laundry, vacuuming, writing checks, doing the dishes, or simply reading a book. This service allows a friendly visitor to make sure that the house is secure and there are no safety issues.

• Elder Cafe: Quarterly social event with a meal and entertainment. This event also offers a blood pressure clinic and an annual flu vaccination clinic.

• Friendly Visiting/Callers: Volunteers can be arranged to visit with seniors who may not have someone else to check in with them from time to time to ensure they have everything they need. Volunteers can be matched with a specific senior or can be on-call on an as-needed basis.

• Information and Referral: Program staff know other resources in the area and can help arrange for someone to help

• Residential Snow Removal: Assists elders in need of snow removal services. This service is on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be available throughout the entire winter if the client list is full.

• Rides: Volunteer drivers take seniors to doctor appointments, grocery stores, and other destinations for special events. Note: Volunteers are limited and rides are not guaranteed.

• Wellness Clinics: Located at The Salvation Army on Payne Avenue open to the community for those ages 60 and above. Parkway Gardens Apartments and the Elders Lodge is currently limited to residents only.

Home Health Assistance: Includes Home Health Aides (HHA), Personal Care Aides (PCA), and Community First Services, and Supports (CFSS program)

• Helps with bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting, ensuring proper hygiene and dignity in daily routines

• Offers support with mobility, transfers, and safe ambulation

Homemaking:

• Provides light housekeeping, including vacuuming, dusting, laundry, and changing linens

• Handles meal planning and preparation, ensuring clients have nutritious, home-cooked meals that fit their preferences and dietary needs

Respite Care:

• In-home respite care providing home health and home making assistance

Skilled Nurse Visits:

• Home visits from by licensed registered nurses perform essential clinical tasks to monitor health, manage conditions, and support recovery

Ensures that clients and caregivers receive the support, information, and services they need to live safely and independently at home. Provides the following services:

• Bilingual Community Case Management: Provides free support from a Russian-speaking social worker to help clients access needed services.

• Bonnie Care (Services for Seniors and Families): Offers care management, care planning, caregiver coaching, and advance directive planning.

• Contracted Case Management: Delivers case management and care coordination for older adults and adults with disabilities through partnerships with health plans and Ramsey County.

• Help for Caregivers: Provides counseling, coaching, and care planning to support caregivers in their challenging roles.

• Holocaust Survivors: Supports Holocaust Survivors and their caregivers with services that promote safe and independent living.

• Kosher Meals on Wheels: Coordinates Saint Paul's only Kosher Meals on Wheels program, delivering kosher meals in partnership with local Jewish organizations.

Provides activities and services for older adults including:

• Book club

• Blood pressure checks

• Bible study

• Ceramics

• Community meals

• Exercise classes

• Hand and foot care

• Free legal aid workshops

• HOME Program: assists with housekeeping, minor repair services, painting projects, lawn raking, and snow shoveling

• Pickleball

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.

Offers affordable personalized services that might include any of the following:

• Chores services: basic home maintenance, heavy housework (washing the floor and window cleaning), yard work, snow shoveling, and lawn mowing

• Companion services: friendship, conversation, and hobby sharing

• Help in the home: light housekeeping, meal preparation, and daily task

Home Health Assistance: Includes Home Health Aides (HHA), Personal Care Aides (PCA), and Community First Services, and Supports (CFSS program)

• Helps with bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting, ensuring proper hygiene and dignity in daily routines

• Offers support with mobility, transfers, and safe ambulation

Homemaking:

• Provides light housekeeping, including vacuuming, dusting, laundry, and changing linens

• Handles meal planning and preparation, ensuring clients have nutritious, home-cooked meals that fit their preferences and dietary needs

Respite Care:

• In-home respite care providing home health and home making assistance

Skilled Nurse Visits:

• Home visits from by licensed registered nurses perform essential clinical tasks to monitor health, manage conditions, and support recovery

Provides chore services for seniors who need help with lawn mowing, snow removal, and homemaker services

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

Provides one free house cleaning a month for two months per patient. Recruits professional residential maid services who are insured and bonded to participate in the program. NOTE: The demand for service far exceeds the ability to serve, but Cleaning for a Reason will attempt to match as many patients as possible who go through the application process. Since the cleaning companies are businesses, they schedule patients as able within their normal paying customers. Sometimes, cleaning companies are handling the maximum number of patients at present.

Provides temporary or daily in-home companion-based care services, which may include:

• Companionship

• Errand running/shopping assistance

• Grocery delivery

• Home monitoring

• Light housekeeping

• Meal preparation

• Memory care

• Personal care

• Respite care for adults

• Transportation assistance

Note: Click here to find local location and contact information: https://www.touchinghearts.com/find-care/

Lawn and yard work, snow removal, house cleaning and minor home repairs available on a sliding fee scale.

Provides the following services that increase an individual's opportunity to stay in their own home or apartment: Support planning:

• Assistance in identifying services and ways to remain at home longer
• Planning for the future as people age or disabilities progress
• Ongoing support

Friendly visiting:

• Volunteers visit with seniors, caregivers and other people facing difficult life situations, sharing their joys and trials

Chores

• Snow removal
• Yard work

Transportation:

• Providing rides for those who are unable to drive or have no means of transportation

Housekeeping:

• Laundry
• Cleaning the home

Note: There may be a waitlist for homemaking services depending on volunteer availability Simple Home Repair:

• Provides seniors and people with disabilities who need help with simple home repair and modification

Volunteer options available for people interested in assisting with homemaking, snow removal, and transportation.

• Assistance with personal care

• Certified diabetic educator

• Discharge planning

• Help with a home exercise program and use of adaptive equipment

• Home health aide

• IV therapy

• Light housekeeping and meal preparation

• Physical, occupational and speech therapies

• Respite

• Skilled nursing

• Ventilator care

• Housekeeping includes general cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, laundry, meal preparation, and window cleaning

• Outdoor chore services include lawn mowing, snow removal, spring and fall cleanup, gutter cleaning, pruning, and garage cleaning. Services are dependent upon volunteers doing the work.

• Home repair includes grab bar installation, fixing faucets, railing installation, safety updates, painting, and other cosmetic updates