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<blockquote data-quote="Night Owl Mama" data-source="post: 694322" data-attributes="member: 20490"><p>SWOT, I totally agree he needs and deserves services, regardless of IQ. Unfortunately, the person giving me the information was the social worker associated with our county's behavioral health and has a lot of experience in these matters, and it is her role on the team to connect him to available services. She said that he must have an IQ of 70 or less to be considered for a group home. He can qualify for services under SSI, they just tend to dismiss it on the first try. Assisted living services through Medicaid would only happen after he had spent 90 days in a hospital or nursing home, neither applies. medication management may be available but he would need to come in to the medication clinic daily to be dosed. There was no home health visit program for that. I think it's stupid. Yes, that is an expense, but it's cost effective over repeated hospitalizations because of medication mismanagement. I will look into other organizations and see if there is something we may have missed. We have him on our private insurance in addition to his Medicaid. </p><p></p><p>At this point I told him that society expects him to use his above avg IQ to compensate for his disability. There are apps he could use on his phone for medication reminders. He came up with the humorous idea a while back of inventing a shock collar that won't let him leave the house or lay down in bed until he had taken his medications. A little brutal, but hey, there might be a market for that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> This is a kid who is driven when he wants/needs to be. I think him getting a clear understanding of how critical medication management is to his success is the key. We rescued him from the consequences of mismanagement far too often, and he knows we are done doing that. So I am hoping this will be the catalyst for a lasting change of priorities. </p><p></p><p>Thank you all for the kind words. I am feeling strong but I still hurt for him and who knows what the next phone call will bring. Just taking it one step at a time and staying busy is all I can do right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Night Owl Mama, post: 694322, member: 20490"] SWOT, I totally agree he needs and deserves services, regardless of IQ. Unfortunately, the person giving me the information was the social worker associated with our county's behavioral health and has a lot of experience in these matters, and it is her role on the team to connect him to available services. She said that he must have an IQ of 70 or less to be considered for a group home. He can qualify for services under SSI, they just tend to dismiss it on the first try. Assisted living services through Medicaid would only happen after he had spent 90 days in a hospital or nursing home, neither applies. medication management may be available but he would need to come in to the medication clinic daily to be dosed. There was no home health visit program for that. I think it's stupid. Yes, that is an expense, but it's cost effective over repeated hospitalizations because of medication mismanagement. I will look into other organizations and see if there is something we may have missed. We have him on our private insurance in addition to his Medicaid. At this point I told him that society expects him to use his above avg IQ to compensate for his disability. There are apps he could use on his phone for medication reminders. He came up with the humorous idea a while back of inventing a shock collar that won't let him leave the house or lay down in bed until he had taken his medications. A little brutal, but hey, there might be a market for that. :) This is a kid who is driven when he wants/needs to be. I think him getting a clear understanding of how critical medication management is to his success is the key. We rescued him from the consequences of mismanagement far too often, and he knows we are done doing that. So I am hoping this will be the catalyst for a lasting change of priorities. Thank you all for the kind words. I am feeling strong but I still hurt for him and who knows what the next phone call will bring. Just taking it one step at a time and staying busy is all I can do right now. [/QUOTE]
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