Serenity Support Care is committed
to empowering individuals of all ages
with intellectual or developmental disabilities, enabling them to live life on their own terms.
Life Skills Development Level 1 / Companion Services
Our Life Skills Development and Companion services consist of
non-medical care, supervision, and socialization activities provided to individuals aged 21 years or older.
This service must be provided in direct relation to the achievement of the individual’s goals as specified in the recipient’s support plan. These provide access to community-based activities that cannot be provided by natural or other unpaid supports and should be defined as activities most likely to result in an increased ability to access community resources without paid support.
These services can be scheduled on a regular, long-term basis.
Personal Support services provide assistance and training to the individual in activities of daily living, such as eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, and preparation of meals. Services also include non-medical care and supervision.
When specified in the support plan, this service can also include heavy household chores to make the home safer, such as washing floors, windows & walls, tacking down loose rugs & tiles, or moving heavy items or furniture.
This service can provide access to community-based activities that cannot be provided by natural or unpaid community support and are likely to result in an increased ability to access community resources without paid support. Personal Supports are designed to encourage community integration. Personal Supports in supported living are also designated to teach the individual about home-related responsibilities.
Personal Support services can also include respite services to individuals aged 21 years or older living in their family home.
Personal Support
Services
Respite Care
Respite Care services are generally used due to a brief planned or emergency absence. They are also utilized when the primary caregiver is available but temporarily physically unable to care for or supervise the individual for a brief period of time. Respite services provide relief to the caregiver and are incorporated into the personal support service. The provider, to the extent properly qualified and licensed, assists in maintaining an individual’s own home and property as a clean, sanitary, and safe environment. This service is provided in support of a goal included in the support plan or an identified need to support or maintain basic health and safety and is not purely diversional in nature.
