Respite and Residential Habilitation

Springbrook offers a variety of services to their students outside of the campus environment.

Regulation Update!

If you have not heard the rules have changed for Residential Habilitation at home services.  As of February first, we are now providing the service in as little as fifteen minutes and we can go up to a few hours per week.  Each person has their own approved amount of time and if you have questions about your approved hours please give us a call at 607-431-9280 Ext. 204 and we will be more than happy to help you with your questions.

Residential Habilitation:

Learning skills within the home gives individuals a chance to see how skills apply in real world situations and gives families the opportunity to translate what is learned in their day or school program into their home life.

Residential Habilitation is goal oriented and can include assistance and guidance in such things as personal care, activities of daily living, cooking, cleaning, or money management.  Residential Habilitation is funded through our Home and Community Based Waiver Service.

Respite:

The purpose of respite is to give the family a break from the every day care of a person with a disability. Springbrook can provide a worker in an individual’s home to give the family an opportunity to have either time for themselves, shop, go out for a meal, or any desired activity.  Respite is not goal oriented but rather just assisting a family to have some relief time.

Success Stories

Michael spent 2-3 years without services, when he was introduced to a respite aide that he and his family love.  Shortly after this successful placement, they requested Day Habilitation because they were so pleased with his respite and they felt his aide could help him with a lot more than what they could accomplish at home.

Rory had been introduced to many aides, but no one stuck around for very long.  Rory now has an aide that he is very comfortable with and she goes above and beyond to create an enriching program for Rory. In the past, Rory’s residence would have to transport him to Norwich to meet aides because his home is located so far away.  Rory’s current aide is able to meet him at home and drop him off there at the end of the day.  Rory’s residence and his parents are pleased.

For more information contact:

Tammy Jones
Assistant Director for Community services
Home and Community Based Waiver Services (HCBS)
(607) 643-0297 Ext. 204
jonest@springbrookny.org