Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Do you or a family member have special needs?
Excellent Home Care Services can coordinate and provide services for people with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and their families.
Services for eligible persons are provided through a network of caregivers, all of whom work cooperatively to assure that high quality care that appropriately meets the needs of each individual is provided. Individualized Service Plans (ISP's) are developed for each person receiving services. They are developed through an interpersonal approach utilizing person-centered planning and should afford the individual choices that reflect the personal preferences of the individual being served while meeting his or her needs.
Family Support Services
A wide variety of services directed at parents, siblings, and other relatives that enhances a family's capacity to continue caring for a family member with a developmental disability living at home. Counseling, Face-to-face, individual, group, or family therapy. This occurs in planned, structured sessions intended to help an individual or family gain understanding, resolve problems, improve communication, and address other issues of concern.
Environmental Modifications (E-Mods)/Adaptive Equipment
Specialized equipment, or changes to the living or work environment (for example, wheelchair ramps, lifts, handrails, communication boards), that enable people with physical disabilities or limited communication to lead more independent lives. Service may also include Durable Medical Equipment.
In-home Services
A broad category of services provided in the home and tailored to individual needs, ranging from respite, training, and supervision to intensive behavioral, health, and health-related services.
Additional MRDD Services Available:
- Aging Services
- Autism Services
- Children's Services
