New Services

This week has been another exciting week at communityworks inc. While everyone is out doing our great work, we have received approval to provide case management for the FE (frail elder) waiver and we've received approval to provide services from the VA for services members with brain injuries. It took many hours to make this happen and I want to express appreciation to our staff. Things are never dull here and change is constant. Thankfully, it's in the right direction.

Where do we fit?

I was in Alaska last week presenting to a group of people about our philosophy of supporting people to have control over their own lives in Kansas. Based on the comments of the people who came up after the talk, people are very curious about what we are doing. Of course, it's difficult to describe our work in 45 minutes or less so I mostly stick to stories that people have given me permission to share.

The more word has spread about what we are doing, the more push back I've been getting about "taking people out of programs" as if that could never be in the person's best interest. I am now convinced that the more people protest the more they are threatened by what we are doing.

In my world, rehabilitation is 5% of a person's life and the "learning to live a with a brain injury" part is the other 95%. Life experience is everyone's best teacher and setting people up to succeed at home can never be a bad choice. The focus needs to be on the best ways to help people to live with their own disability. Hm, that sounds a lot like a program to me.

Next week we are off on a personal journey to Kenya. I will posting mostly on my Facebook page and might have some stories to share here as well. I would appreciate comments here or on my FB page.

Stay cool,
janet