Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Medicaid Waiver SERVICES. PROGRAM DEFINITION:
Nursing Home Transition and Diversion (NHTD) is a Home and Community Based program, which provides supports and services to assist individuals with disabilities and seniors to return to, and remain in the community. They may be in a Nursing Home, Hospital, or other facilities, and wants to return to there home and community. Or already living in there home and community, and need services to prevent unwanted nursing home placement. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Medicaid Waiver. Provides services designed to assist individuals who have suffered a TBI to remain in their homes and communities. These waiver services are designed to address the unique needs of eligible individuals and promote a service delivery system to assure maximum participant choice. DEFINITION OF SERVICES WE PROVIDE:
WE PROVIDE SERVICE COORDINATION
WE PROVIDE SERVICE COORDINATION, which is an individually designed service which provides primary assistance to the waiver applicant/participant in gaining access to needed waiver and Medicaid State Plan services, as well as other local, state, and federally funded educational, vocational, social, and medical services. These interventions are expected to result in assuring the waiver participant’s health and welfare and increasing independence, integration, and productivity. The Service Coordinator assists the applicant in becoming a waiver participant and coordinates and monitors the provision of all services in the service plan once the individual is determined eligible. For individuals transferring from nursing facilities, the Service Coordinator assists the applicant in obtaining and coordinating services that are necessary to return to the community. For those individuals residing in the community, the Service Coordinator facilitates the necessary supports to maintain the individual's health and well-being sufficient to avoid unwanted nursing home placement. WE PROVIDE INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS TRAINING (ILST)
Independent Living Skills Training Services (ILST) are individually designed to improve or maintain the ability of the waiver participant to live as independently as possible in the community. ILST assists in recovering skills that have decreased as a result of onset of disability. Also, ILST will primarily be targeted to those individuals with progressive illnesses to maintain essential skills. THE COUNSELING SERVICES WE PROVIDE:
COMMUNITY INTEGRATION COUNSELING (CIC)
Community Integration Counseling (CIC) is an individually designed service intended to assist waiver participants who are experiencing significant problems in managing the emotional difficulties inherent in adjusting to a significant disability and/or living in the community. It is a counseling service provided to the waiver participant who is coping with altered abilities and skills...
POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (PBIS)
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) services are individually designed for waiver participants who have significant behavioral difficulties that jeopardize their ability to remain in the community...
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