Personal Assistance Services Resources

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Creation Date: 2005            

Type of Product: guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: might need to update information; guide makes assumptions about CIL PAS involvement and some models may differ by state and organization

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide; PAs are expensive

Staff Needed: PAs; staff to assist with paperwork planning and management for some consumers

Supplies: this guide; phone/calendar/flyers for managing/hiring

Technology: may need internet access depending on advertising methods

Alone/Group: done alone or in small group

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of PAs, administrative staff

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

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Creation Date: 2005            

Type of Product: guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: might need to update some parts of guide; guide makes some assumptions about service model that may need to be changed

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: PAs

Supplies: this guide; anything adaptive/assistive equipment (e.g. hoyer lifts) to practice/use

Technology: need this guide, possible additional resources; can be printed

Alone/Group: done alone (with consumer) or small group to practice tasks

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 9

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

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Creation Date: 1998            

Type of Product: guide/how-to

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: older manual, may need to update some information

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: PAs

Supplies: this guide; anything adaptive/assistive equipment (e.g. hoyer lifts) to practice/use

Technology: need this guide and other resources included; can be printed

Alone/Group: one alone (with consumer) or small group to practice tasks

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 15

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great

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Creation Date: 2003

Type of Product: infosheet

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: just an overview, not a product; would need systems advocacy or organizational restructuring to adapt a PAS model

Rural Adaptations: not all models are available in all communities; cash-and-counseling is especially rare

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: one for guide; many to implement models

Supplies: just overview document

Technology: need this document; can be printed                                                    

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14

Practical As-Is for Implementation: good, just a brief overview

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Creation Date: 2016           

Type of Product: workshop guide; infosheet

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas; relies on technology

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: needed for resources, medical supplies, and trainer

Staff Needed: Staff needed to facilitate workshop. Staff need to have knowledge of medical equipment and other personal assistant topics, as well as how to facilitate a workshop.

Supplies: medical supplies, quizzes, and videos

Technology: online access to resources, can be printed; videos

Alone/Group: done in collaboration with trainers

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: inability to have resources or trainees in rural communities

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 10

Practical As-Is for Implementation: good

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Creation Date: 2021          

Type of Product: information/databases; policies

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: little to none needed

Rural Adaptations: this guide can be printed

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read guide

Funding: none to use guide

Staff Needed: the personal assistant

Supplies: this guide

Technology: can print

Alone/Group: group, with personal assistant

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: availability of personal assistants

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): College

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great