5 Good Reasons Why You Should Consider Self-Direction 11. May 2019 Admin Participant (0) Self-direction, also referred to as participant-direction or consumer-direction, is an approach that helps aging adults and people with disabilities maintain their independence and stay in their homes and communities. With this approach, Medicaid recipients have more control over their approved services and supports. They hire service providers they want to work with and pay them using individual budgets that are available through a Medicaid waiver program. [More]
Necessity is the Mother of Invention 8. February 2017 Admin Participant (0) Since 2005, The Chanda Plan Foundation has promoted wellness and healing to persons with physical disabilities through integrative therapies including acupuncture, massage, adaptive exercise and adaptive yoga. Founder Chanda Hinton Leichtle realized the benefits of integrative therapies when faced with her own mortality at age 21. Through her determination to help other persons with physical disabilities, Leichtle has worked with Colorado policy makers to create the SCI Waiver, which will evaluate the cost efficiency and the value of integrative therapies for persons with physical disabilities over an eight-year span (2012-2020). Based on the data, Colorado could choose to cover integrative therapies, providing better health outcomes at low costs. The legislation could serve as a model and be used nationally. For Leichtle, this is far bigger than her. She says, “I can’t wait to see the impact we will make on our community and the opportunity this model will offer to others because we made sure to make it possible to replicate.” [More]
Thoughts on Self-Direction 30. March 2016 Admin Participant (0) What does it mean to self-direct your services and supports? Two words come to mind: “Choice” and “Control”. You have choice over the services you purchase, who provides them, and how much you pay for them. You have control over when and how those services are delivered. You are in the driver’s seat. You call the shots within the program rules set by state and federal agencies. Our job is to support you. Much of what we do, such as paying taxes on your behalf, goes on behind the scenes. If we do our job well you might not even notice us. That’s how it should be. We want you to be able to stay focused on living your life. [More]