Supported Living Services for Serious Mental Illness Service Components

Supported Living Services for Serious Mental Illness Service Components A. Supported Living Services is provided to people who reside in their own residences (either owned or leased) for the purposes of increasing and enhancing independent living in the community. Supported Living Services is for people who need less than 24-hour employee support per day. Employees must be on-call 24/7 in order to respond to emergencies via phone call or return to the living site, depending on the type of emergency. Supported Living Services are provided in a home-like setting where people have access to the community at large to the same extent as people who do not have a serious mental illness. B. Supported Living Services are for people age 18 and above with serious mental illness and are provided in residences in the community for six (6) or fewer people. C. Supported Living Services provide assistance with the following, depending on each person’s support needs: 1. Grooming; 2. Eating; 3. Bathing; 4. Dressing; and 5. Personal hygiene. D. Supported Living Services provide assistance with instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs) which include assistance with: 1. Planning and preparing meals; 2. Transportation or assistance with securing transportation; 3. Assistance with ambulation and mobility; 4. Supervision of the person’s safety and security; 5. Banking; 6. Shopping; 7. Budgeting; 8. Facilitation of the person’s inclusion participation in community activities; and 9. Use of natural supports and typical community services available to all people in order to facilitate meaningful days. E. Agency providers must develop and document methods, procedures, and activities to provide meaningful days and independent living choices about activities/services/employees for the people served in the community. F. Procedures must be in place and documented for people to access any other needed services, as well as typical community services available to all people in order to facilitate meaningful days and development of natural supports.