How are “community attendant services and supports” defined in MiCASSA?
In MiCASSA, the term “community attendant services and supports” means: help with accomplishing activities of daily living (eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, bathing, and transferring); instrumental activities of daily living (meal preparation, managing finances, shopping, household chores, phoning, and participating in the community), and health-related functions (which can be delegated or assigned as allowed by state law). These can be done through hands-on assistance, supervision and/or cueing. They also include help with learning, keeping and enhancing skills to accomplish such activities. These services and supports, which include back-up, are designed and delivered under a plan that is based on a functional needs assessment and agreed to by the individual. In addition they are furnished by attendants who are selected, managed, and dismissed by the individual, and include voluntary training for the individual on supervising attendants. MiCASSA specifically states that service
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