Supports Program Services:

Individual Support

“Individual supports,” sometimes referred to as “personal assistance services,” provide an individual with the assistance he or she needs to live in, and become part of, the community. These generally are tasks and activities related to selfcare, personal maintenance, habilitation and household duties. Jesdit infusion LLC staffoffers this service in an individual’s own or family home, or in another community-based setting (such as a group home or a supported apartment) at the direction of the individual receiving the assistance, his or her family member or guardian.

Some examples of Individual Supports/ Personal Assistance Services include:

Attendant Care Services
Bathing in bed, in the tub, or shower
Assisting in the use of a toilet or bedpan
Grooming: hair care (including shampooing), shaving and ordinary nail cares
Helping individuals transfer from bed to chair or wheelchair, or in and out of a tub or shower
Caring for the teeth and mouth
Changing bed linens with an individual in bed
Assisting with eating and preparing meals
including special therapeutic diets
Dressing; o Ambulation (walking), indoors and out
Escorting individuals to clinics, physician’s offices, related medical therapies, recreation activities and/or other trips
Assisting with medication that can be self-administered
Assisting with the use of special equipment such as a walker, braces, crutches, wheelchair, etc., after a thorough demonstration by a registered professional nurse or physical therapist, until that person is satisfied that the individual can use the equipment safely
Assisting in implementing physical or occupational therapy, speech language pathology programs or psychological/behavioral programs.

Household Chores:

Kitchen care, to include washing the dishes and making sure the refrigerator, stove, sink since and floor are clean.
Bathroom care, to include cleaning the toilet, tub, shower, and floor; o Laundry, to include caring for an individual’s personal items and bed linen (may include necessary ironing and mending)
Making and changing beds, washing windows, cutting lawns and putting out the garbage

Other household chores necessary for independent living:

Routine errands, such as picking up medication or preparing meals
shopping or any short trip to perform a specific task.

It is important to note that these services are not meant to isolate the individual from the community; therefore, the individual should accompany the Individual Support Staff wherever possible.