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Individual Providers: A Guide To Employing Individual Providers Under Participant Direction

03/07/2006 | Requests *

Summary

This monograph discusses program design considerations to assist as states move toward greater individuality and flexibility in the provision of services and supports. The paper outlines topics to consider when expanding opportunities for participants to choose and direct individual who provide assistance, including the risks/benefits arrangements, provider qualifications, training, person-centered planning, the case manager role, and safeguards to prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Author

Rowe, June; Smith, Gary; Bradley, Valerie; Martin, David; Crisp, Suzanne

Available Files

Paper PDF (325K, 29 pages)

Keywords

Personal Assistant; Person Centered Planning; Safeguards; individual provider

Topic

Consumer Direction, Developmental/Psychiatric Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Quality, State/Agency Information

Type/Tool

Manuals, Reports

Source

HSRI, Thomson Reuters (formerly Medstat)

State

Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Date Created

04/07/2006

Contact

June Rowe - Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
jrowe@hsri.org
617-876-0426
Suzanne Crisp - Medstat

Suzanne.crisp@thomson.com
281-913-8370

Short URL

www.hcbs.org/moreInfo.php/doc/1553

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