Caregiver
Services
Volunteers of America provides in-home, short-term caregiver service
to families who have a developmentally challenged family member. |
What are "Caregiver Services?" |
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What: |
Regularly
scheduled non-nursing
companionship care for special
needs family members. |
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Where: |
Services are generally provided in the consumers’
home. |
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Why: |
So
parents/guardians of a special needs family member can pursue an
outing break from their regular routine of caring for a special
needs consumer. |
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Who is eligible?
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Any consumer, ages 0 to adult, who is diagnosed
with a developmental disability or eligible for early
intervention and must be enrolled
with a
REGIONAL
CENTER. |
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How do I apply? |
Contact the consumers’ case manager if you are
enrolled in any of the above regional centers and request
caregiver (respite) services provided by Volunteers of America
of Los Angeles. |
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Is there a cost for the service?
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Starting on January 1, 2005,
depending on
family income, a shared cost will be a requirement for
respite services imposed by the Department of Developmental
Services. In most cases there is no charge. |
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Are the
Caregivers volunteers? |
Volunteers of
America's Caregivers are paid staff. We do not use
volunteers as Caregivers. |
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Are your
Caregivers sensitive to special needs people?
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Many of the
Caregivers that we employ have a developmentally disabled person
in their own household and are familiar with a particular
developmental disability. |
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Do your
Caregivers speak Spanish? |
90% of the
workers are either Spanish speaking only or bilingual
English/Spanish. |
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Do you
check references of
Caregivers? |
The Caregivers
that we employ are screened prior to employment (fingerprinted,
references checked, etc.) |
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What about
training? |
Our Caregivers
are CPR trained
and can cope with most emergencies. |
REGIONAL
CENTERS
served by Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
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East Los Angeles |
(626)
299-4700 |
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Frank D.
Lanterman |
(213)
383-1300 |
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South
Central |
(213)
763-7800 |
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San Gabriel
Pomona |
(909)
620-7722 |
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Harbor City |
(310)
540-1711 |
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