Provides the following services: - Homemaking: Light housekeeping (dusting, vacuuming, etc.), laundry, meal preparation and planning, assistance with shopping/errands, transportation arrangements, and social support - Respite: Program provides planned short-term and time-limited breaks for caregivers

Advocacy - Includes areas of housing, civil and human rights, employment, transportation, and others. The Center advocates on 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 in people's homes and businesses Assistive Technology Network - Assist individuals in the process of obtaining assistive technology devices - 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 Homemaking Services - Assist individuals in managing household activities including housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and shopping Information and Referral - Up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region Independent Living Skills training Peer Mentoring - Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and work to create a unique plan to achieve those goals - Match interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, provide problem-solving solutions, social skills, etc. Public Education - Provide information, resources, and materials on accessibility guide, ADA, disability laws, etc. Respite Care Services - Provide short-term in-home care and support when the primary caregiver or family members need to be absent from the home. Systems Advocacy (to implement changes where needed) Transition/Relocation Services - Assist individuals living with a disability in transition from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings with the goal of preventing institutionalization

Short-term relief for caregivers while they are absent or unable to provide care for their relatives or friends. Provides non-medical, in-home services for persons 60 years of age or older in their home: - Caregiver coaching and counseling - Caregiver support groups - Group respite care - In-home respite care - Workshops, classes, retreats, and other activities

Provide the following home care services: - Care for the client in the home to maintain an independent lifestyle - Household assistance with daily activities - Medication management - Nutrition - Physical therapy Provides the following hospice care services: - Assistance with bathing - Comfort measures and providing a comfortable presence - Coordination of necessary medical equipment - Pain relief through medication management - Preparing meals - Running errands

- Home health care program provides continuity of care to individuals seeking health care services from area physicians - Services are available to persons of all ages - Does not need to have been hospitalized previously to receive this service - Services are prescribed and directed by one's physician Professional services of: - Registered nurses/LPN's - Physical Therapy - Occupational Therapy - Speech Therapy - Medical social services - Home health aides - Homemakers - In-home respite Homecare Programs may allow a patient to stay in his own home and prevent unnecessary nursing home placement or hospitalization

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

A Brighter Living Experience (ABLE) provides in-home support services for children with special needs and their families while the child continues to live at home. Services may include: - Consultation and support to the caregiver - Respite care in the child's home - Supervision and training in self-care - Socialization - Interpersonal skills and communication development - Development of independent living skills

Individualized home supports: Provides essential support for individuals with disabilities, enabling them to live independently in their own homes. Whether through a family member or a trained non-related worker, these services are tailored to meet specific needs and can be delivered remotely, ensuring comfort and safety. ? ?Respite care services: Provides essential support for caregivers and their loved ones. This service offers a much-needed break, allowing families to recharge, whether for a few hours or several days. The family decides who they want their respite professional to be, ensuring that they can step away knowing their needs will be met.??????

Provides 245D waivered services which include: - Homemaker Services: Provides light household cleaning, laundry, assistance with home management, and activities of daily living - Individual Community Living Supports (ICLS): Offers assistance to older adults who need reminders, cues, intermittent/moderate supervision, or physical assistance to help them remain in their homes - Individual Home Supports Without Training: Provide support, assistance, and supervision to adults or children who live in their own homes - Night Supervision Services: Provides overnight assistance and monitoring in the client's home when the client is in need of assistance with activities of daily living, positive support programming, transition plans, and reinforcement of skills development - Personal Support: Non-medical care, assistance, and supervision

Provide the following home care services: - Care for the client in the home to maintain an independent lifestyle - Household assistance with daily activities - Medication management - Nutrition - Physical therapy Provides the following hospice care services: - Assistance with bathing - Comfort measures and providing a comfortable presence - Coordination of necessary medical equipment - Pain relief through medication management - Preparing meals - Running errands

CARE provides trained respite workers to stay with a loved one and provide a well deserved break for caregivers. Workers are available days, evenings, weekends or overnights

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

Provides home and community-based services such as: - 24-hour emergency assistance - Adult companion services - Assistance with daily living skills such as grooming, bathing, eating, transfers, and dressing - Assistance with medical appointments, transportation support, medical documentation, reminders, and follow-up coordination - Care plan coordination - Chronic disease management - Housekeeping and homemaker services - Individual home support without training or individual community living support - Diabetic monitoring and education - Meal preparation, nutrition education, and grocery shopping assistance - Medical and mental wellness for emotional support - Pain management and wound care management - Respite care services in-home or out-of-home - Skilled nursing care

Offers general infromation and support on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Such as Family Assistance Programs, matches chapter volunteers with persons with ALS to help with non-personal care; Patient referral and information; Support groups for persons with ALS and their families/friends - see websitefor specific locations

Waivered Services: - Available to persons with a variety of disabilities - Waivered services are flexible and can be provided in a variety of settings - CADI (Community Alternatives for Persons with Disabilities) Waiver is available to adults and children with disabilities who need a nursing facility level of care: - TBIW (Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver) is available to adults and children who have had severe brain injuries from an accident, or due to stroke, heart attack or disease - MR/RC (Mental Retardation and Related Conditions) Waiver provides supports to adults and children with developmental disabilities - EW (Elderly Waiver) provides supports to seniors at home or in adult foster care who would otherwise have to live in a nursing home - AC (Alternative Care) Waiver provides supports to seniors at home or in adult foster care who would otherwise have to live in a nursing home, who because of their assets don't qualify for traditional Medical Assistance programs. Waivers pay for services such as personal care assistants, independent living skills counseling, homemaking, respite care, in-home family support, and other services Personal Care Attendants: - Provide assistance with daily living activities such as hygiene, grooming, dressing, taking medications, simple housekeeping, and other tasks - PCAs also provide behavioral monitoring and supervision to help clients with behavior problems - PCAs can help clients with FAS to live in a variety of settings, including foster care, their own homes and apartments, and family homes Other services: - In-home family supports and respite RSI provides support to caregivers and families of people with disabilities - Respite services gives caregivers and families a break for a few hours to a few days at a time. Respite can be provided in or outside of the family home - In-Home family supports services helps adults and children with daily life management skills, such as self-care, socialization, sensory/motor development, behavior management, community living and healthy recreation. - Respite and in-home family supports are waivered services programs - Adults and children who do not qualify for the MR/RC waiver may be eligible to receive similar kinds of help through the CADI or PCA programs

The Living At Home Block Nurse Program provides or arranges whatever support an elder neighbor needs to continue living at home as long as possible. This support, which may otherwise not be available, uses the program's small staff, volunteers and/or paid nursing staff. Services include: - Advocacy - Blood pressure checks - Caregiver and respite - Case management - Door-to-door transportation provided by volunteers. Vehicles are not wheelchair accessible. - Flu shots - Home health aides - Information & referral, including to county services - Phone visits - Service coordination - Skilled nursing care - Volunteer errands and visits - Volunteer services

- 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

Partners with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) to support military members, veterans, and their families in maintaining their wellbeing through CORE which stands for Casework, Outreach, Referral, and Education. CORE services can foster greater peace of mind and resiliency, support the development of new skills to cope with challenges, and improve relationships. Services include: Behavioral Health Counseling - Deployment and reintegration support - Diagnostic assessment - Family counseling and support - Individual and couples counseling - Trauma-focused behavioral therapy Caregiver Support and Respite - Caregiver coaching and counseling - Caregiver respite - Caregiver support groups - Caregiver training and education - Emergency planning for caregivers - Telephone reassurance Case Management - Case managers assess each individual's situation and create a personalized plan identifying services and resources found at Lutheran Social Services or through a network of providers across Minnesota Financial Counseling - Budgeting - Credit Improvement - Debt Management - Homebuyer Education - Student Loan Counseling Homeless Initiative - Referrals to short and long term shelter options Support Groups - Men's Veterans PTSD Support Group - Women's Support Group for Family Members of Veterans

Services include: - Residential supports and services - Adult foster care - Supported living services - 24-hour emergency assistance - Respite care in- and out-of-home - Adult companion services - In-home family support - In-home independent living skills training - In-home supported living services for adults

Serves older adults who need socialization and respite support. Activities for seniors during in-home or group respite include: - Crafts, table games, cards and BINGO - Guided reminiscing and small group discussions - Sing-a-longs, gentle exercises, movies - Speakers on a variety of topics - Social time with coffee and snacks

Assisted living facility providing the following services: - Adult day services (available Monday - Friday) - Beauty shop services - Hospice - IV therapy - Physical, occupational, and speech therapy for inpatient and outpatient needs - Private rooms - Respite care day and overnight - Respite services are dependent upon unit availability - Spiritual services - Three nutritious meals and snacks daily - Wound care

Caregiver consulting: Professional assistance providing information, assessment, education, coordination, and training for caregivers and care receivers Caregiver relief: Coordinates volunteer help for the person who cares for a chronically ill home-bound loved one. Allows the caregiver time to attend to other tasks and provides contact for the home-bound person Caregiver support group: Helps spouses and family members with changes in the family unit; once a month in both Ely and Babbitt Friendly visits: Volunteer visits for area residents who might be homebound or just alone and want or need contact with the greater community Grocery delivery: Available for those who find it difficult or unsafe to navigate local grocery stores. Volunteers will deliver groceries to the home Northwoods memory care program: Guides clients and their families through Alzheimer's by helping to reduce stress and increasing family support Tasty Tuesday: Provides a class to older adults at no cost at the Ely senior center. The class provides healthy recipes, food preparation, and more. Availability is limited. Volunteer Rides: Coordinates rides that are not available through other services for local and long distance medical appointments, meetings, errands, and social events.

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

Advocacy - Includes areas of housing, civil and human rights, employment, transportation, and others. The Center advocates on 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 in people's homes and businesses Assistive Technology Network - Assist individuals in the process of obtaining assistive technology devices - 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 Homemaking Services - Assist individuals in managing household activities including housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, and shopping Information and Referral - Up-to-date disability information and referrals to various agencies and individuals within the region Independent Living Skills training Peer Mentoring - Assists individuals living with a disability to identify goals and work to create a unique plan to achieve those goals - Match interested consumers with a peer mentor who provides support, provide problem-solving solutions, social skills, etc. Public Education - Provide information, resources, and materials on accessibility guide, ADA, disability laws, etc. Respite Care Services - Provide short-term in-home care and support when the primary caregiver or family members need to be absent from the home. Systems Advocacy (to implement changes where needed) Transition/Relocation Services - Assist individuals living with a disability in transition from nursing facilities and other institutions into community settings with the goal of preventing institutionalization

- Case management and referrals for programs such as Meals on Wheels, social services - Door-to-door transportation mostly for health related appointments or for hair salons/barbershop appointments. Clients must be able to transfer into the car on their own. Escort services may also be available, but these requests must be made far in advance. - Homemaking, yard work and home maintenance services - Nursing care - Personal care - Senior exercise classes are offered daily; transportation available. - Social outings - Speakers on senior health topics - Support for caregivers of seniors who live in the service area, and for caregivers who live in the service area even if the cared-for senior lives elsewhere, including out of state.