Planning Services & Supports for the Future Step One: Determining What the Person Needs Determining the services and supports your loved one needs is the first step toward planning and obtaining them. However, this section may differ from the other topic areas because it requires you to assess what your loved one needs now, as well as project what those needs may be long-term, in the future. If you would like to go to a printer friendly document, please click on the icon below.

Now & Future Needs Checklist

NOTE: The following list is meant to merely be a guide to those life areas where people with developmental disabilities commonly need some assistance. Since every individual is different, please add additional details that are appropriate for your loved ones' needs. Daily Living Tasks Personal care (toileting, dressing, grooming, eating, etc.) Describe help needed: Household (shopping, meal preparation, paying bills, etc.) Describe help needed: Safety (dialing 911, using locks & keys, emergency actions) Describe help needed: Supervision (behavior, knows daily routine, etc.) Describe help needed: Transportation (takes a bus, needs a ride to work, etc.) Describe help needed:   Now                 Future               Health Care Tasks Routine health care visits (make and attend doctor/dental appointments; follow up) Describe help needed: Follows instructions (takes medications, brushes teeth, etc.) Describe help needed: Healthy lifestyle (balanced diet, regular exercise, etc.) Describe help needed:                         Work & Leisure Tasks Daily (job or scheduled program routine, leisure activities) Describe help needed: Social/religious (specific community, has friends) Describe help needed: Volunteers (attends as desired; group member, etc.) Describe help needed:                         Legal & Financial Tasks Legal rights (has guardian/guardian advocate, acts on own behalf) Describe help needed: Civil rights (can vote, able to marry, understands laws, etc.) Describe help needed: Informed consent (can understand risks, benefits, alternatives for a medical procedure or treatment) Describe help needed: Making purchases (knows appropriate costs; can make change, write checks) Describe help needed: Signing contracts (can understand terms, conditions, restrictions) Describe help needed: Beneficiary of a Trust Fund (special needs trust) Describe help needed: My relative needs supports in these other areas of life: (please be specific)                                                     [Remember, your loved one must first be a client of the Developmental Disabilities Program. If this has not already been done, call and do it now!] Name of individual: Social Security #: Medicaid #: Support Coordinator: Phone Number: Guardian/Guardian Advocate: Phone Number: Add any details unique to your relative's needs- communication difficulties, important preferences (food, clothing, music, etc.), hope & dreams, etc.:

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