Eating
Dressing
Preparation of meals
When specified in the support plan, this service can also include housekeeping chores which are incidental to the care furnished, or which are essential to the health and welfare of the recipient rather than the recipient’s family, such as;
Personal support services provide assistance and training to the recipient in activities of daily living. When specified in the support plan, this service can also include housekeeping chores, such as bed making, dusting, and vacuuming, and assistance to do laundry, shopping, and cooking, which are incidental to the care furnished, or which are essential to the health and welfare of the recipient rather than the recipient’s family.
This service can also provide respite services to a recipient age 21 and older living in their family home. The provider, to the extent properly qualified and licensed, assists in maintaining an recipient’s own home and property as a clean, sanitary and safe environment.
These services can include heavy household chores to make the home safer, such as washing floors, windows and walls; tacking down loose rugs and tiles; or moving heavy items or furniture. Services also include non-medical care, supervision, and socialization. This service can provide access to community-based activities that cannot be provided by natural or unpaid community supports and are likely to result in an increased ability to access community resources without paid support.
This service is provided in support of a goal in the support plan and is not purely diversional in nature. Assistance is provided on a one-on-one basis to recipients who live in their family homes unless they are engaged in a community-based activity. Community-based activities can be provided to recipients living in their family home or in their own homes in groups not to exceed three. Personal supports are limited to adults only (age 21 and older).
Do you have a skill, hobby, or passion you’d like to share with please contact us and let us help you turn your hobby into a class for those we serve?
DST provides support, education and services to all individuals in the community who live with a developmental disability.
