Individualized Home Supports (IHS)
Individualized Home Supports (IHS) Key Takeaways
- IHS are services for people who live in their own home or family home
- People who use IHS get support and/or training for living in the community
- Support is considered guidance, instruction, assistance with activities of daily living
- Training is considered building skills to improve the person’s life in the community
What is the IHS program and how does it work?
Individualized Home Supports (IHS) give you the informal guidance, training, and help you need to live on your own, with a roommate, or with family. Staff work with you to create a program that’s tailored to your needs. So you can gain independence as you work toward your goals.
You can receive IHS in your own home, your family’s home, or in public places. Support can be provided in person or remotely.
How does informal guidance and training work?
IHS considers training and support two different things. Support is considered guidance, instruction, assistance with activities of daily living. Training is considered building skills to improve the person’s life in the community.
There are three types of IHS:
- Support without training
- Support with training
- Support with family training
Regardless of what you choose, the amount of support and training you get depends on how much you want. You’ll get support and/or training in:
- Meal management
- Shopping
- Financial management
- Personal appearance
- Apartment maintenance
- Accessing resources
- Rights and responsibilities of community living
- Social and leisure skills
- General medical assistance
On-Call Services for Individualized Home Supports
If you’re not sure when you may need support, you can get on-call services. This means you can call in whenever you need some extra support. Harry Meyering Center staff are ready and able to help you.
Why Choose Harry Meyering Center to provide Individualized Home Supports?
Get Supports That Meets Your Unique Needs
Our team has extensive background in financial management and human services. This means that we have the know-how to help you with everything from finances and medical assistance to social skills.
Grow Alongside People Who Get You
We’re staffed by people that use the services. We understand in a way that other people don’t, because we’re walking through the process ourselves.
We’re People Who Value People
As a non-profit, we’re not here to sell anything–we’re here to support you. We want to get to know you, from your favorite meal to your pet’s name.