Let Residential Habilitation Services Bring Independence to Your Child With Down Syndrome
It’s Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Some fetuses develop with an extra partial or full copy of a specific chromosome. When that happens, the infant develops Down syndrome. It affects about one out of every 700 babies born in the U.S.
Every child with Down syndrome has unique strengths and weaknesses. Some may have poor muscle tone, while others are just as strong as you are. Life expectancy used to be about 25 in the 1980s, but today most people with Down syndrome live into their 60s.
Would your adult child benefit from residential habilitation services? It’s one of the best ways to help your child be independent while having the help needed with daily routines. Here’s how to find the right residential habilitation services.
What Are the Goals?
What is the overall goal? Does your adult child have a new job and need someone to assist with getting ready, navigating public transportation, and get to work on time? Your child wants to go to college, but some support in classes and getting around the campus is important if your child will thrive in a college setting.
Talk to your child about the goals. This helps narrow down the services that are essential and others that may not be necessary.
Create a Personalized Care Plan With the Specialist
Sit down and discuss the care needs your child has in their home. Some adults with down syndrome may need help with personal care, while others do not. Some adults require an aide with them during a day at work or college.
The need for care may extend outside of normal hours. An adult with down syndrome may live in dorms and need help getting ready for bed. There may be a college dance or social event where an aide’s help is required for the adult to attend. With 24-hour residential habilitation and support services, that help is there when it’s needed.
Go over the care that’s needed and work with the specialist to create a comprehensive care plan that covers your child’s needs throughout the day and night. Once the care plan is designed, you can discuss prices and how it works.
Not everyone with Down syndrome experiences cognitive or intellectual issues. They’re active in school, hold jobs, and can be part of the decision-making process for any care they need. When they need a helping hand, residential habilitation is a great service. Call an expert in residential habilitation care to make arrangements.
Sources:
https://www.ndss.org/about-down-syndrome/down-syndrome-facts/
If you are considering residential habilitation in Zionsville, IN, please call the caring staff at RSI Cares. Serving Greater Indianapolis Area. Call for Immediate Info & Assistance: 317-471-0750.
As a practicing Registered Nurse, Etelka was keenly aware of a void in quality patient care that could be provided in the home. She embarked upon a journey to develop a home health care agency that would exceed all expectations and become a trusted partner to physicians and patients.
A Distinguished Career From Nurse to Director of Nursing to President of Home Services Unlimited
Etelka’s distinguished career followed a logical progression to her position as President of Home Services Unlimited. She graduated as a nurse practitioner with a Bachelor of Nursing (RN) in 1972 from Meshgorya University in the Ukraine, close to where she lived with her family. She married her husband Phil in 1973 and decided in 1977 that they would relocate to the United States to be closer to family and to come to this land of opportunity. With an eagerness to continue her budding career, Etelka sat for and passed her Boards in the U.S. in 1979.
A Love and Talent for Working with the Elderly
Etelka began her nursing career in the U.S. at Colonial Crest, now part of Golden Living, where shewasthe In-service Coordinator, the Director of Training and Education and Director of Nursing, a position she occupied for several years.
With a group of partners, she co-founded Adept Corporation, which operated group homes for the mentally challenged. The business was successful and in 1996, Etelka sold her share to return to her roots, caring for the elderly.
In January of 1997, Etelka opened Home Services Unlimited as a fully licensed business to provide home health care. In her quest to learn to do better for her patients, she had already obtained a Masters in Healthcare Administration (MHA) in May of 1990 from the College of St. Francis. As President of Home Services Unlimited, Inc., Etelka guides the trusted, experienced care model Home Services Unlimited uses to continue providing excellent home health care.
Giving Back to the Community of Indianapolis
Volunteering for community services is a high priority for Etelka. Her memberships include the Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Executive Women in Health Care and the Indiana Association for Home and Hospice Care, where she is a member of the Board of Directors.
Etelka has also served on the Board of Directors with Hooverwood Home, a highly regarded geriatric facility, since 1997 and as the President for 2005-2006. Through her community work, she has received several awards and accolades, including the Nora McFarland award in 2002, from the Indiana Association of Home and Hospice Care.
Etelka was honored as a “Health Care Hero” by the Indianapolis Business Journal. The issue can be read online here:
http://mags.ibj.com/activemagazine/welcome/html/ibjhch.html.
After clicking on the link, then click on the image of the issue’s front page. After that, you can browse through the issue or click in a box near the top of your internet browser to adjust the page to 17, which is where Etelka’s article appears.
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