RESIDENTIAL EXPECTATIONS:

Residential programs will help people to go outside, on outings, and on trips in the community.

We can be the owners or renters of where we live. We have our own area/room.

My room. We can have our own privacy in our own space. We can close the door. People have to knock to get in. We want privacy for ourselves where we aren’t disturbed.

“My case manager Timothy gave me a house key last Friday. I told them I needed the key for the house and it was my right, and he gave it to me. My Westtown staff told me in the Settings Rule class that we should have a key. What happens if there’s nobody in the house? I can let myself in with the key.”

I get to pick a roommate. I can pick certain people I know if I want to share a room.

We can decorate our bedrooms. We can paint it. We can pick out furniture like a bedroom set, dresser, and nightstand. We can fix it the way we want.

If we need to add or change something in our home (like banisters, bars in the bathroom, walk-in showers, accessible sinks, ramps, railings for the bed, and wheelchair lifts), you need to put that in your file.

1.

Write down what we personally need.

Example: a more accessible shower, like a walk-in shower

2. Write down everything we tried to do first.

Example: getting my sister or somebody else to help me get in and out of the shower/tub

3. Write down why it did not work

Example: My sister is not always there, so I don’t know what to do

4. Write down how the change will help you

Example: If I had a walk-in shower, I could get in and out of my shower by myself, without hurting my knees

5. Write down how it’s going and how it’s helping me

6. Check the change every so often to see if we still need it or can get rid of it.

7. You need to ask me and I need to say “yes” to any changes. You need my permission.

8. The changes in my home must be safe for me (and my loved ones).