Center For Living & Working Inc

Programs: Personal care management (pcm):every year clw serves over 2,800 people in central massachusetts who have masshealth insurance and need the help of a personal care attendant (pca). As an independent living center, clw is committed to assuring that those served have complete control in managing their own personal care. This commitment translates to a paradigm shift: the person with the disability becomes the boss, employing his/her own personal care attendant. Clw teaches each individual how to meet their own personal care needs, how to interview personal care attendants and check references. Hiring and firing of the pca, establishing a daily care schedule, it's all in the consumer's hand, where the control belongs. Along the way, clw is there to support. Clw visits and calls the consumer to troubleshoot and encourage. The bottom line: personal needs are met in an independent manner, with all of the dignity and pride every individual deserves.

independent living (il):center for living & working, inc. Helps people with disabilities learn to live more independently. Independent living specialists provide one-to-one services to individuals in their homes throughout central massachusetts. These services include intake, peer counseling, advocacy, independent living skills training, emergency intervention, and information and referral. Skill training services include consumer/legal rights, education/training, finances/benefits, health care/nutrition, housing, self-care/daily living, personal/self-help and social/recreation.

deaf and hard of hearing independent living services (dhils): clw's deaf and hard of hearing independent living services provides a variety of services for deaf and hard of hearing consumers. Clw accepts referrals from other agencies or individuals may self-refer by visiting or calling the office. Services provided are in the following areas of independent living services: skills training, peer mentoring program, problem solving assistance, crisis intervention, advocacy program, information and referral, outreach and community education, education/social events, volunteer/internship program and assistive device training/loaner program.

aging and disability resource consortium (adrc):center for living & working, inc. Is a member of a statewide initiative dedicated to providing people with information, services, support and choice to make an informed decision as to where they want to live. Options counseling explains long-term care services, connects consumers to resources, supports and services and meets with the consumer wherever they are, in the hospital, rehabilitation or nursing facility or their home. Specialized technical equipment program (step):center for living & working, inc. Assists those with disabilities to live independently in their daily lives with our specialized technical equipment program (step). People with disabilities often have special needs that require specialized technical equipment, whether due to mobility impairment, hearing, speech or visions difficulties, or cognitive challenges. Clw's step assists people in obtaining this specialized equipment at a fraction of the average costs and it supports and strengthens ones independence. As part of the process, clw helps determine which device is most effective for each individual. Equipment sales are reported net of the direct costs on the statement of activities. Transitions department:clw assists individuals, of all ages, living in an institutional setting such as; nursing home, hospital, or intermediate care facilities return to living as independently as possible in their community with the necessary added supports for a quality life style. Clw provides not only the nursing facility transition coordination but also the coordination of independent living-long-term services and supports ("il-ltss") to those individuals moving into more independent living situations. Additionally, the transitions department provides il-ltss coordination to individuals who are eligible for both masshealth and medicare and have opted to participate in a self-directed health care model called one care.