What We Offer
Care Connection Services is founded and operated by two Multi-lingual Registered Nurses with 15 years of experience who also hold Public Health Nurse (PHN) licenses. They oversee all the service provided with each individual on daily basis. Staff at Care Connection is well trained and is available 24 hours, seven days a week to develop the care plans that are specific to each individual’s needs. We have a plan in place to maintain quality care and services that meet our clients’ expectations.
Services
24 Hour Emergency Assistance
Covers on-call counseling and problem-solving and/or immediate response for assistance at a person’s home due to a health/personal emergency. Whenever the person needs other services, the support planning team will meet to revise the plan to meet the person’s assessed needs.
Homemaker services
Eligible services range from light household cleaning to household cleaning with incidental assistance with home management and/or activities of daily living.
Night supervision
Provides overnight assistance and monitoring by an awake staff in the person’s home.
Respite Care Services
Short-term care due to the absence or need for relief of the family member(s) or primary caregiver normally providing the care. Respite provides the level of supervision and care that is necessary to ensure the person’s health and safety.
Individual Community Living Support (ICLS)
ICLS covers assistance and support for eligible people age 65 and older enrolled in the Alternative Care (AC) program or the Elderly Waiver (EW). It includes the following service
Active cognitive support
Adaptive support service
Activities of daily living (ADLs) support
Household management assistance
Health, safety and wellness
Community living engagement
Individualized Home Supports (IHS)
Individualized Home Supports is a one-to-one service that provides opportunities for people to increase their independence and connect with their community. Support can include assistance with daily living activities such as eating breakfast or brushing teeth to participating in local events and building relationships with friends.
What Is CFSS?
CFSS, meaning Community First Services and Supports, provides flexible support similar to PCA to help meet the unique needs of seniors, children, and adults with disabilities so they can live more independently in the comfort of their homes CFSS-MN: What Does this Mean for You? This will give care recipients more freedom, flexibility, and control over their home care services. Key benefits of CFSS include:
How PCA Services Help Loved Ones
When you choose PCA services to support your lifestyle or that of a loved one, you can expect the following homecare services:
Assistance with performing daily activities, including eating, toileting, grooming, dressing, bathing, transferring, mobility, and positioning.
Assistance with performing instrumental daily tasks, including meal planning and preparation, managing money, shopping for essential items, performing essential household chores, communicating by telephone and other media, and getting around and participating in the community.
Assistance with performing health-related functions, including range of motion exercises, seizure intervention, or ventilator suctioning.
Assistance with performing redirection and intervention for behavior, including observation and monitoring.
What are the Home Care Options Under the PCA Program?
- Traditional PCA Option (PCPO): Under this program, clients receiving PCA services obtain a personal care assistant through a PCA agency, like Care Connection, that hires, trains, pays, and schedules the hours for care.
- To allow more flexibility and meet the changing and varying needs of individuals who receive care, Minnesota’s PCA program also allows for home care services to be provided through other delivery models described below:
- PCA Choice Option: In the PCA Choice program, individuals in need of homecare services are able to independently hire and train a PCA to provide care. The PCA Choice option gives the client a greater level of responsibility in managing their care, and the PCA agency handles employment and management-related functions. In Minnesota’s PCA Choice program, the agency is the employer of record for the PCAs.
- Shared Care Option: The Shared Care Option allows one PCA worker to help two or three individuals living in the same setting.
- Flexible Use Option: Under the Flexible Use Option, clients can use their approved PCA hours flexibly within a service authorization period to accommodate their varying needs and schedules.
Who is Eligible for PCA Services?
To be eligible to receive PCA Services, you must:
- Live in the state of Minnesota
- Be eligible to receive medical assistance or MinnesotaCare (i.e. pregnant women and children under 21 years of age)
- Be able to make decisions about your care or have someone who can make decisions for you
- Be able to meet with a Public Health Nurse (PHN) from your county to perform a required PCA Assessment
- Be in need of “constant supervision” or “hands-on assistance” to complete at least one Activity of Daily Living (ADL) or have Level 1 Behavior
