For People With Disabilities, There Truly Is No Place Like Home
At New Challenges, we provide supportive services that help people with disabilities sustain a high quality of life while staying in their homes. We offer a range of in-home services that provide individuals with the assistance they need no matter their living arrangements within the greater Twin Cities metro area. Our team specializes in person-centered care through in-home services supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, acquired brain injuries, emotional, and cognitive disorders.
Programs & Services: In-Home Services
Our in-home services involve assisting individuals with different activities inside the home. We tailor our aid to the individual, providing comprehensive support and valuable person-centered care. Depending on the individual’s needs, our team can help with skill building, in-home visits, social activities, or other tasks that may seem too challenging.
Our team can assist with:
- Persons served and family education, helping families understand their options for care and strategies for overcoming obstacles
- Household services, from assistance with pet care or grocery shopping to household maintenance and assistance with daily activities
- Accompanies to appointments and social events, and helping people with disabilities stay connected with their communities
- Personal care services, including assistance with a safe bathing environment, assistance with dressing, or completing other daily grooming or hygiene needs
- Companion services, like providing companionship and conversation, arranging for medical, dental, or other professional appointments, monitoring diet and eating, or providing respite care
Our in-home services involve assisting individuals with different activities inside the home. We tailor our aid to the individual, providing comprehensive support and valuable person-centered care. Depending on the individual’s needs, our team can help with skill building, in-home visits, social activities, or other tasks that may seem too challenging.
Person-Centered Planning Approach: Supportive and Individualized Solutions
We are pleased to have been the recipient of a federal grant that supported us in our implementation of a Person-Centered Planning approach. Members of our administrative staff have completed intensive training on meeting with clients and engaging in this ongoing problem-solving process.
To begin Person-Centered Planning, we ask the individual to focus on their vision for the future—what life would be like without boundaries. Our team then meets to identify opportunities to make the vision become reality.
These opportunities may be through the development of personal relationships, participation in the community, or the acquisition of life skills that give people increased control over their own lives. Person-Centered Planning allows us to help make dreams become reality, both now and in the future.
New Challenges is dedicated to taking this approach rather than a more traditional approach to providing services for people with disabilities. In the past, solutions for people with disabilities were more one-size-fits-all. Our Person-Centered Planning approach lets us tailor services to do what’s right for each individual.