Manuals

The Minnesota Association of Centers for Independent Living (MACIL) prepared <i>A Consumer Guide for Planning Your Move from a Nursing Home</i>. This comprehensive guidebook assists with the relocation decisions as consumers transition from nursing homes into the community.

The West Virginia Inclusion Campaign was created as an initiative to counteract the effects of social bias and discrimination against people with disabilities or people living with long-term illnesses. Part of the project has been to develop outreach materials. Please review their program brochure, Disability Awareness Guide and Reporter’s Guide.

The West Virginia QAI Project has produced two procedure handbooks for their program. The first is for the Aged/Disabled Waiver (ADW) Quality Assurance & Improvement (QAI) Advisory Council and the second is for the Medicaid MR/DD Waiver Quality Assurance & Improvement Advisory Council. The handbook describes the group purpose, role, membership, terms, responsibilities plus other responsibilities and expectations.

This guidebook is written to provide information about Minnesota’s Personal Care Assistance (PCA) program and the many options consumers have. The state strives for a consumer directed service model. Sections in this guidebook define services, help consumers develop skills and provide resources to help take more control of the important services that allow independent living. This guidebook is current as of September 2004.

Passport to Independence is a federally-funded pilot project led by Delaware Health and Social Services’ Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities (DSAAPD). The overall goal of the program is to identify, inform and assist nursing home residents, especially those who are Medicaid-eligible, who want to move to a new home by offering individualized case management to accomplish the goal. Review the Program Brochure Nursing Home Transition Brochure and Transition Guide.

The State of West Virginia has shared a number of sample forms for their MR/DD waiver programs. Tools include a variety of evaluations, forms, reports worksheets, summary sheets and applications.

The “Housing Search Guide” was developed to assist professionals who have a role in “relocation” of people with disabilities from nursing facilities to community living arrangements with appropriate services and supports. The Guide was developed by staff of the Texas Independent Living Partnership, a program of ARCIL, Inc. funded by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the “Real Choice Systems Change” program.

This guide was created as a resource to help you learn more about communication boards and how/when to use them. The boards in this kit were designed for a specific communication interaction, an intake interview to consider transition of an individual out of a nursing home. This handout provides a brief summary of the communication boards provided and some background information for you as you use the boards.

This handbook, drafted by Jane Schiele and edited and revised by Laura Hershey (HCPF Systems Change Section), is designed to help other advocates or agencies to inform many more individuals about their right to live in the community, and to assist those who desire a transition back to their community. The report defines transition and offers the nuts and bolts of the program and lastly overs tips for moving day and beyond.

Service providers, schools, parks departments, public health agencies and other organizations make decisions and policies that profoundly affect the health, employment, income and well-being of people with disabilities. This capacity carries the obligation to involve the people most affected by including individuals with disabilities in the decision-making process. This Practice Guideline offers suggestions on how to involve people with disabilities as active members and advisors of your group.