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- EIN 56-2152535
- (704) 573-9777
- 9822 Albemarle Road Charlotte NC 28227 USA
- www.ddrinc.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Services, Residential Care & Adult Day Programs
Mission: At ddr, we understand the diverse and unique needs of individuals with disabilities and the challenges that their families face to ensure lifelong quality care of their loved ones. We believe in the importance of providing options to people with disabilities. We realize the desire of each individual to have a choice in selecting the place and style in which they live, work and the types of leisure activities in which they are involved. It is our mission to provide the best possible options for the people we serve by facilitating residential placements, day placement activities as well as recreational activities to meet their needs. We strive to select the best care providers to support the people we serve and make every effort to serve as advocates to meet their social, physical, and emotional needs. We also understand the importance of relationships along the life span and strive to ensure that family and friends remain active participants in the lives of the people that are served by
Programs: Ddr accomplishes its exempt purpose through the operation of the following major programs: residential support provides temporary and permanent residential care for people with disabilities. The individual lives in a home setting within the community. The family that the individual lives with assists the individual in taking care of his/her daily needs and becomes an active, involved party of the family. Home support meets the habilitation and personal care needs of adult consumers who choose to live with their family and receive support from their family who live at home with the consumer. The service provides assistance with daily activities, personal hygiene, home care, and social and adaptive skills. Home and community supports promotes the individual's learning, retaining, and improvement in self help skills. This service is provided in the community such as the individual's home, his/her family home, or the care provider's home. Some of the individual's receiving this service may even reside in the home of the care provider. Respite provides relief for a family or primary caregiver on an interim basis. This service can be used to meet a wide range of needs including family emergencies, planned vacations, relief of daily responsibility and stress from caring for someone, or allow time for the caregiver to shop, run errands, and other tasks. Respite can be provided in the care provider's home, in the community, or in the respite provider's home. Personal care is used to assist the individual with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, and activities of daily living.
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