What's Going on in My Life
BUSY is the word. I've had lots of work for others to do. The powers that be (the feds) have come up with new rules for those who provide licensed homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Some of the rules are a bit on the odd side since they don't take into consideration how different people with disabilities are--some are seniors and the rules don't really fit. Some have difficult behaviors and some of the rules don't fit here either. As I've often said those who make the rules often have no idea what kind of people--so varied and different--are being cared for in the community. The one good rule that has come out recently is Person-Center Planning, where the individual has a say in how and what things are done: what are his/her goals, what he/she likes to do for fun and work, what he/she likes to eat and doesn't like. And frankly, I suspect most providers who really know the individuslas in their homes have been doing this all along. Each regional c...