Support Services for Adults with Developmental ... - DHS home

(ii) In organized conferences and workshops that are
limited to topics related to the individual's developmental
disability, identified support needs, or specialized medical
or habilitative support needs.
(B) Family training may not be provided to paid caregivers.
(e) Homemaker services. Homemaker services may be provided only
when the person regularly responsible for general housekeeping
activities as well as caring for an individual in the home is temporarily
absent, temporarily unable to manage the home as well as care for
self or the individual in the home, or needs to devote additional time
to caring for the individual;
(f) Occupational therapy services;
(g) Personal emergency response systems;
(h) Physical therapy services;
(i) Respite;
(A) Respite may be provided in the individual's or respite
provider's home, a foster home, a group home, a licensed day
care center, or a community care facility that is not a private
residence.
(B) Respite includes two types of care, neither of which may be
characterized as eight-hours-a-day, five-days-a-week services
or provided to allow caregivers to attend school or work.
(i) Temporary respite must be provided on less than a 24hour
basis.
(ii) Twenty-four hour overnight care must be provided in
segments of 24-hour units that may be sequential but
may not exceed 14 consecutive days without permission
from the Department.
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