Supportive Home Care

Supportive Home Care (SHC) services are provided by an agency (not self-directed by the person receiving services) to assist a person living with someone meeting the definition of family OR in one of the following settings:

• A setting where a child, 5 to 21 years of age, is in the custody of DCF but not living with someone meeting the definition of family.
• A setting in which a child, 15 years of age or older, resides with a person who does not meet the definition of family and who has not been appointed the legal guardian or custodian.

          Note: Family is defined as any person immediately related to the participant. Immediate-related            family members are a parent (including an adoptive parent), grandparent, spouse, aunt, uncle,              sister, brother, first cousin, and anyone with a stepfamily relationship.

          These are individualized (one-to-one) services for participants that provide direct assistance                    with:

• Daily living and personal adjustment
• Personal care services
• Assistance with medications that are ordinarily self-administered
• Accessing medical care
• Supervision
• Reporting changes in the participant's condition and needs
• Extension of therapy services
• Ambulation and exercise
• Household services essential to health care at home or performed in conjunction with assistance in daily living (such as shopping, preparing and cleaning up meals, bathing, using appliances, dressing, feeding, making the bed, doing laundry, and cleaning the bathroom and kitchen)
• Household maintenance related to participant

For agency-based supportive home care provider affiliate information, click on the button below to find the agency name and contact information.

Please note that agencies listed in blue are currently closed for referrals. Contact us today. Fill out our online form or call (620) 342-1098.