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Personal Assistance & Respite Care

Nia provides Personal Assistance.  These supports and services are provided for those living in their family home.  Personal Assistance enables a person to acquire, retain or improve skills necessary to participate in community activities and utilize community resources; to acquire and maintain employment; and to participate in retirement activities.  Therapeutic goals and objectives are established by the person and their family.  Personal assistance can consist of job exploration activities or volunteer work (both which are preferred), companionship with friends and peers, educational experiences, maintaining family contacts, and those purposeful activities and services where persons without disabilities are involved. 

Nia offers Respite Care services. This type of support and service is available on a temporary emergency basis for an individual with developmental disabilities during times when the family has a crisis or other demands preventing their usual care. Respite care may also be used when the family wants to take a vacation. Respite care may be used on an hourly, daily or weekly basis and is usually for a specific purpose and time frame. It may be provided in the family home or outside the home in a community based residential home.