Last post Sun, May 11 2008 8:14 PM by rainey826. 4 replies.
i am looking for information on starting a group home for the disabled population. i have a daughter with down syndrome she is 9 years old. i worked with the adult population for 6 years and i caN SEE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR GROUP HOMES. THAT IS HOW MY INTEREST STARTED
I agree, there is a great need for GOOD group homes throughout the nation. Just as we have a need for GOOD nursing homes, Assisted Living homes, etc. But until the government starts paying better wages to the people who work there, as well as having tighter background checks, it's not going to get the best of caregivers there. I'm not saying all homes/places are like this, but I've seen too many dependant people, children and adults, who have been abused and taken advantage of in these places. I told my family to allow me to overdose before they put me in one.
I wish you the best in your endevour. As long as compassion and humanity is your motto, you'll never be at a loss for clients who will flourish under your care.
I too agree there should be affordable group housing for disabled people.
Hi there, I know that group homes, sounds like quite good idea, but many of them end up,
with having to close there doors, there is a lot of government red tape, as there should be.
There are a lot of problems with the everyday operations of running this kind of house. Think
of the many duties, and see how many of them you can get automatically. There is the
direct deposit of checks, sperate accounts, and bill pay, recurring, and that is just for some
of those household jobs. You have the experts handle w/adults, so you are not new to this,
but kids, and this is just another different story, school, special education, and all those
different questions, and problems, they are much more complex, an I am not the expert.
I am the novice who watches a lot of TV. My aunt, did have a brother, and I was sheltered,
because the other kids were used to him, I was required to stay inside, because he was
an adult, I told them at that young age,he could be trained, not that they listened, but later
they actually did start having these people doing things other than time task stuff, they got
to start doing normal stuff, and so they trained him to boil water, vaccumn, dust, follow the
little instructions to cook meals for the house. Well, her mom, was getting older, and not
going to always be there, and the kids, grew up and moved on there way, and finally her
husband died, and he was there to take care of them. Then one day finally came, they
both had a flu, he was taking good care of her, I have no doubt. I was in the area, and I
was expected to come over and discuss his care, she was dying, I could not find the place,
as it turned out, they both died, but she would trust me w/his care, finacally speaking, got
the same incomes, and have done the guardainships before, yes this would have been a
handful, but he would have respected it, as her death bed wish. The address in this part of
town, quite north of here, were not easily see or located, lucky if you found the street.
My suggestion to you, is quite a simply one, contact the local regional center, and they
can be quite useful with the different directions, they can be of great support, and I do
reccommend that you join some of the suggested groups, what to do in case of ER. and
other situations, there are many things to consider, Try developing coop situations, you
have a home, and what other homes are there, to help you, and you help them,exchange.
This was a great maraton between some fantastic foster homes, that did do this quite well
and my son was one of those kids, that was in one of these well run homes, some of the
;best that were available at that time. I have been in several tough foster homes, and they
gave my son, to her that abused me. So, rethink, what you are doing, it is quite a handful.
BEST OF LUCK ! RAINEY
