Objective Completed. At Tribal staff are interested in Arrange a meeting between Involve Tribal as -Projects Coordinators the Sept. 2014 7.01 helping their elders through Tribal staff, LMTAAA and Home requested while at the same -No than December meeting, Sheryl Reese the system to apply for and & Community Services staff to time respecting the privacy of 2014 and Marco Villa from obtain State paid in home discuss the concerns and the individual applying for Home & Community care. Some expressed strategize as to how to meet the service Services gave an feeling like they are left out need informative presentation of the communication loop about the State paid and are therefore unable to care system assist to the best of their including the application ability. procedure and financial eligibility. Tribal representatives asked questions regarding how to help their elders. No action to date. Educate in-home Petition the and Training Cultural sensitivity training -LMTAAA CM Program LMTAAA staff will contact caregivers Tribal Partnership to incorporate will be to the Manager the Training Partnership culture and tradition. cultural sensitivity into caregiver Fundamentals of Caregiving -The Nisqually Tribe to speak at our next training training and/or offered as staff offered to provide meeting (anticipated in Continuing Education for the training/material. the first quarter of 2015) home care workers. as a means of starting the discussion.
Tribal staff are interested in helping their elders through the system to apply for and obtain State paid in home care. Some expressed feeling like they are left out of the communication loop and are therefore unable to assist to the best of their ability. Arrange a meeting between Tribal staff, LMTAAA and Home & Community Services staff to discuss the concerns and strategize as to how to meet the need Involve Tribal as requested while at the same time respecting the privacy of the individual applying for service -Projects Coordinators -No than December 2014 Objective Completed. At the Sept. 2014 7.01 meeting, Sheryl Reese and Marco Villa from Home & Community Services gave an informative presentation about the State paid care system including the application procedure and financial eligibility. Tribal representatives asked questions regarding how to help their elders. Educate in-home caregivers Tribal culture and tradition. Petition the and Training Partnership to incorporate cultural sensitivity into caregiver training Cultural sensitivity training will be to the Fundamentals of Caregiving training and/or offered as Continuing Education for home care workers. -LMTAAA CM Program Manager -The Nisqually Tribe staff offered to provide the training/material. No action to date. LMTAAA staff will contact the Training Partnership to speak at our next meeting (anticipated in the first quarter of 2015) as a means of starting the discussion.
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