Individualized Home Supports

Individualized home supports cover community living services in four categories:

Community participation
Health, safety and wellness
Household management
Adaptive skills

When a person receives individualized home supports without training, they must receive support in at least one of the community living service categories.
When a person receives individualized home supports with training or individualized home supports with family training, they must receive training in at least one of the community living service categories. They also may receive support in any of the community living service categories.

Community Participation

This category may include:

  • Community mobility and pedestrian safety (e.g., safely getting in and around the community)
  • Community resource use and access
  • Community safety and awareness
  • Informal support system and network development
  • Interpersonal communications skills
  • Leisure, recreation and socialization planning
  • Skill-building to meet transportation needs

Health, Safety, and Wellness

This category may include:

  • Collaboration with the person to arrange health care (e.g., physical, mental, chemical), meaningful activities, social services, meetings and appointments
  • Cueing, guidance, supervision, training or instructional support to complete self-cares (Note: Cannot duplicate use of eligible Medical Assistance [MA] state plan home care services; see CBSM – Home care overview)
  • Health services support, as defined in Minn. Stat. §245D.05
  • Help for the person to activate and build resiliency factors. (e.g., whole health action management)
  • Support for the person to design and meet individualized strategies to reach their health, safety and wellness goals.
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