When Should A Stepping Stone Residential Home Be Considered For A Family Member?
A Stepping Stone Residential Home is usually considered for a family member during one of two critical decisions periods.
The first is when a family member is to be released from a sub-acute setting. The residential home then becomes the step after sub-acute hospitalization or inpatient rehabilitation.
The second is when a Head Injured Person has been living at home with family members, and a change in the current living situation becomes evident.
Why Should Residential Care Be Considered After Inpatient Rehabilitation?
Depending on the severity of the injury and the family’s preparedness, residential care may be the best option after inpatient rehabilitation because of its unique training program(s). The personalized approach of the Stepping Stone program makes residential care a natural step in the rehabilitation process for both the resident and the family.
What Does A Stepping Stone Residential Care Home Provide?
The Stepping Stone home provides supervised residential care, specialized activities of daily living training and an activities program that is needed to prepare head injured persons for reintegration into the community.
What Are “Daily Living Skills” And What Is So Important About Improving Them?
Daily living skills are those that we have learned from childhood...for example, how to brush our teeth, how to toilet ourselves and how to tend to our hygiene needs. Even how to be responsible for picking out our own clothing. All these which we adults take for granted, are many of the things which head injured persons may have to relearn.
Are Qualified Personnel On Duty At all Times?
All Stepping Stone residential homes are under 24-hour supervision. The ratio of personnel to residents at each home is usually three residents to one care worker, with six residents per home. In some cases, however, where residents need special assistance, one-on-one professional help will be provided. If the residents are at a high functioning level, they are supervised and monitored as they carry on their activities by themselves.
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