Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 There are several types of group homes: HCS, ICF-MRs, residential treatment facilities, nursing homes, and so forth. The link below is from DADS. Click on the link, then select the one you are interested in. For example, anyone can get in to an ICF-MR as long as the child has mental retardation and receives medicaid. The problem with these facilities is that they only have an opening when someone dies, when someone moves to a nursing facility, or when someone is lucky enough to get off the HCS list. The other issue with these homes is that they have 6 or more people in the home and most often have only 1 employee on duty at a time. Don't even get me started on the quality of care. Email off list serve for those comments. The state MRF are the " state schools " . Just read the latest department of justice report for a more in-depth look at those. You can only get in to those in emergency situations or in a court-ordered situation. The upside to those are if you are over 18, when you are ready to leave the MRF, you go to the top of the HCS list. If you are under 18 years, you have to be there at least 6 months. Home and community based programs are the medicaid waiver programs. They consist of a variety of options including 3-bed homes and client directed services. Once you pick the type of home you are looking for, you have to pick the county you are interested in. It is a very tedious process. Based on my extensive experience with this process for my brother, it will be the hardest thing you will ever have to do. I can only wish you the best of luck. http://facilityquality.dads.state.tx.us/ltcqrs_public/nq1/jsp2/qrsHome1en.jsp?MO\ DE=P & LANGCD=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Trina, I have also heard of a 10 yr wait for the private group homes. My financial planner discussed a new trend where 3-4 families will buy a home together for future use for their adult autistic children, and plan to hire 24 hr staff to care for these adults. I am not sure how that would work, but it is an interesting concept. Similar to families purchasing condos in a college town years in advance, assuming their child will attend that school. > > Does anyone have a list of group homes in Texas? I heard that there may > be a 10 year wait list, is this correct? I'm thinking that even if I > don't plan on needing a group home it might be a good idea to at least > be in line should things change. Additionally has anyone been to Down > Home Ranch? I think they serve primarily persons with Down Syndrome but > I wonder if our adults with Autism would fit in. Any advice is appreciated. > Trina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks for sending this Missy, I've looking for it. Nagla > > There are several types of group homes: HCS, ICF-MRs, residential > treatment facilities, nursing homes, and so forth. > > The link below is from DADS. Click on the link, then select the one > you are interested in. For example, anyone can get in to an ICF-MR as > long as the child has mental retardation and receives medicaid. The > problem with these facilities is that they only have an opening when > someone dies, when someone moves to a nursing facility, or when > someone is lucky enough to get off the HCS list. The other issue with > these homes is that they have 6 or more people in the home and most > often have only 1 employee on duty at a time. Don't even get me > started on the quality of care. Email off list serve for those comments. > > The state MRF are the " state schools " . Just read the latest department > of justice report for a more in-depth look at those. You can only get > in to those in emergency situations or in a court-ordered situation. > The upside to those are if you are over 18, when you are ready to > leave the MRF, you go to the top of the HCS list. If you are under 18 > years, you have to be there at least 6 months. > > Home and community based programs are the medicaid waiver programs. > They consist of a variety of options including 3-bed homes and client > directed services. > > Once you pick the type of home you are looking for, you have to pick > the county you are interested in. > > It is a very tedious process. Based on my extensive experience with > this process for my brother, it will be the hardest thing you will > ever have to do. I can only wish you the best of luck. > > http://facilityquality.dads.state.tx.us/ltcqrs_public/nq1/jsp2/qrsHome 1en.jsp?MODE=P & LANGCD=en > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 This is a good idea but I am at least 8 years away from needing such a place. I think for us the difficulty is that my son is easy to have at home, he's self reliant (still working on total independent shower though) and since I'm a stay at home mom I can drive him where he needs to go. So I'm not in a hurry to have relief from a grown adult who may be more than I can handle. Still, he may want to one day live apart from us and he may want to have friends. I foresee my son needing someone to help him cook and manage finances and provide transportation to part time college/work and activities. I can see it in my head, a Wii, some bowling, putt putt golf, maybe even a ranch with a fence but it needs to be close to Austin for services and such. If we have a good plan it could be something my other children can help manage when we are gone. Please email me if you know anyone specifically who would be willing to share with me how this is working and specifically how they decided which persons to place together. Thanks everyone. Trina asccnagla wrote: > > I know a couple of families who are doing this, they own the house, > 24 hour supervision is paid for by HCS waiver. They could not find a > provider that had a suitable 3/4 bed group home close to where they > live, so they recruited other families and went in together on the > house. > This would be a golden opportunity to buy a house seeing how houses > are not moving well on the market, and people are motivated to sell > at a reasonable price. > Nagla > > > > > > > Does anyone have a list of group homes in Texas? I heard that > there > > may > > > be a 10 year wait list, is this correct? I'm thinking that even > if I > > > don't plan on needing a group home it might be a good idea to at > > least > > > be in line should things change. Additionally has anyone been to > > Down > > > Home Ranch? I think they serve primarily persons with Down > Syndrome > > but > > > I wonder if our adults with Autism would fit in. Any advice is > > appreciated. > > > Trina > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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