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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\

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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

>

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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

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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

> > >

> >

>

>

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