Guest guest Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hi and Happy Holidays to All- We just received approval for the Medicaid Waiver - Home and Community Based Supports and I am elated. We have been on a very rocky road. I am now needing a PA a few mornings, possibly into the day. My daughter has an autism diagnosis, a seizure disorder and recently diagnosed with an unknown autoimmune disease. She is 18 and non-verbal. Any help would be appreciated. Best, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Where do you live? How much experience are you looking from the PSA? Have you requested your service facilitator to locate workers for you? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2011, at 7:43 PM, " redhead60707 " <tconrick@...> wrote: > Hi and Happy Holidays to All- > > We just received approval for the Medicaid Waiver - Home and Community Based Supports and I am elated. We have been on a very rocky road. I am now needing a PA a few mornings, possibly into the day. My daughter has an autism diagnosis, a seizure disorder and recently diagnosed with an unknown autoimmune disease. She is 18 and non-verbal. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Best, > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 A facilitator is tied to one of the many agency out their ei glenkirk or Little city or clearbrook It very hard to find respite workers Good luck Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect Re: In need of Personal Support/Respite Worker Where do you live? How much experience are you looking from the PSA? Have you requested your service facilitator to locate workers for you? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2011, at 7:43 PM, " redhead60707 " <tconrick@...> wrote: > Hi and Happy Holidays to All- > > We just received approval for the Medicaid Waiver - Home and Community Based Supports and I am elated. We have been on a very rocky road. I am now needing a PA a few mornings, possibly into the day. My daughter has an autism diagnosis, a seizure disorder and recently diagnosed with an unknown autoimmune disease. She is 18 and non-verbal. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Best, > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hi , You can post an ad at school, possibly one of the aides might be looking for extra work. I have had very good luck finding students from local colleges and junior colleges. Those studying to be therapists or special ed teachers are particularly motivated and creative. Since they have demanding schedules I always have two or three that are available about 6 hours a week. The downside is that when they graduate and move on but a few have remained in contact. Thais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 : Where do you live? Ellen Ellen Garber Bronfeld egskb@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hi. Thanks for the responses. We live in Elmwood Park, near Oak Park. I do have 1-2 people from my daughter's school that have been wonderful, but need to add more hours, thus looking for more people. I know that our service facilitator may have people but they may not have the hours I need and it costs more to use them. Thanks. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 7:43 PM, redhead60707 <tconrick@...> wrote: > ** > > > Hi and Happy Holidays to All- > > We just received approval for the Medicaid Waiver - Home and Community > Based Supports and I am elated. We have been on a very rocky road. I am now > needing a PA a few mornings, possibly into the day. My daughter has an > autism diagnosis, a seizure disorder and recently diagnosed with an unknown > autoimmune disease. She is 18 and non-verbal. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Best, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 There are also workers out there who need hours but can't find clients because most Waiver recipients end up paying family members. You might want to contact other service agencies near you to ask if they have any workers they would recommend. Programs for lpns or other lower level care (not RNs) are also good sources for workers. Pam/Chicago > > > Hi and Happy Holidays to All- > > > > We just received approval for the Medicaid Waiver - Home and Community Based Supports and I am elated. We have been on a very rocky road. I am now needing a PA a few mornings, possibly into the day. My daughter has an autism diagnosis, a seizure disorder and recently diagnosed with an unknown autoimmune disease. She is 18 and non-verbal. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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