Southeastern Minnesota Center For Independent Living (SEMCIL)
Adult Companion Services
SEMCIL - Rochester Office
2200 2nd St SW, Rochester, MN, 55902
Distance: 996 Miles
(507) 285-1815
semcil@semcil.org
https://www.semcil.org
Service Details
Description
Adult companion services are non-medical social support services for older adults who need supervision, care, or assistance.
Additional Information
Companions serve older adults, persons with disabilities or individuals recovering from an illness.
About This Location
When a person is on Elderly Waiver (EW) or Alternative Care (AC), adult companion services could include:
Assist or supervise the person with:
* Laundry
* Light housekeeping tasks
* Meal preparation
* Shopping
* Supervision
* Socialization
* Verbal instructions or cues to the person to help them complete a task
Adult companion services can be delivered through remote support.
Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers in the Community-Based Services Manual.
If you have Elderly Waiver (EW) or Alternative Care (AC) funding, the service plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Dodge County
- Fillmore County
- Freeborn County
- Goodhue County
- Houston County
- Mower County
- Olmsted County
- Rice County
- Steele County
- Wabasha County
- Winona County
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At Home Services
- Friendly visiting
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Payment
- Alternative Care Waiver (AC)
- Elderly Waiver (EW)
- Free / no cost to eligible clients
- Private pay
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Specialization
- Disabilities
- Older adults with disabilities
Fees
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Services are also available under grant funding and private pay
Business Hours
8:30am – 5:00pm, Monday - Friday
Area Served
Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties
Disability HUB MN and DB101 - Statewide
Websites
Phone Numbers
| Type | Number | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Main | (507) 285-1815 | |
| Disability Hub MN | (866) 333-2466 |
Last Update
10/7/2024
Other Locations
This provider does not offer this service at other locations.
Other Services or resources
- Activities for People with Disabilities
- Advocacy - Disabilities
- Assistive Technology
- Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) Support Planner
- Disability Benefits 101 (www.mn.DB101.org)
- Disability Hub MN
- Employment Support for Workers with Disabilities
- Environmental Accessibility Adaptations (EAA) Home Assessment
- Environmental Accessibility Adaptations (EAA) Home Modification
- Home Accessibility Modification
- Homemaker Services
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) with Family Training
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) with Training
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) without Training
- Nursing Home / Institution Relocation Services
- Peer Mentor Services
- Personal Care Assistant (PCA)
- Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Choice
- Respite
- School to Adult Life Transition
- Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS)
- Social Security Advocacy Services
- Specialist Services
- Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Community Partner
Taxonomy Terms Used: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.
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LR-1550Centers for Independent Living Definition
Consumer controlled, community based, cross disability, nonresidential agencies designed and operated within a local community by individuals with disabilities that provide an array of independent living services. All CILs provide five core services: information and referral, independent living skills training, peer counseling, individual and systems advocacy and transition. In addition, many CILs also offer transportation services, mobility training, personal assistance, housing and home modifications, recreation services, vocational programs, assistance in obtaining assistive technology equipment and other individualized services designed to increase and maintain independence.
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PH-1400.1900-230Friendly Visiting Definition
Programs that use "friendly visitors" (usually volunteers but also paid hourly companions) to call on people who are hospitalized or in another institutional setting, who are homebound or socially isolated due to disability or old age, or otherwise lack companionship with the objective of brightening their day and helping them to maintain contact with the outside world by reading, talking, listening, writing letters or performing other similar tasks.
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PH-1400.5000-050Adult Mentoring Programs Definition
Programs that provide companionship, guidance and/or role models for adults who are disadvantaged because of age, income, physical or developmental disability or other personal problems and who need friendship and support to improve their personal and social functioning.
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YJ-8750People With Disabilities/Health Conditions Definition
Individuals who have physical, sensory, developmental, cognitive, mental or emotional limitations, illnesses or injuries that affect their ability to engage in one or more major life activities. Disabilities and health conditions may be temporary or permanent, may be present at birth or occur at any point in a person's lifetime, and can be of different levels of severity.
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YQ-1500Consumer Directed Organizational Perspective Definition
Organizations and individual practitioners who offer maximum choice and control (including the ability to select, manage and dismiss their workers) to people who use services or other supports to help with daily activities.