mn choices the role of employment in long-term care assessment
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MN Choices
The role of employment in long-term care assessment
People with reported disability in the labor force: 21.9%
People with no reported disability in the labor force: 70.1%
Poverty and Disability:The inextricable connection
• People with disabilities are poorer, as a group, than the general population
• People living in poverty are more likely than others to be disabled
Person Centered Long Term Care
Strength Based
Individual Needs
Assessment for all programs
Approximately 73,000 long-term care assessments were conducted in MN in 2009
Minnesota’s Choice DomainsOutcomes – Quality of Life
Making Work Part of the Plan
Employment in MN Choices
•Person Centered Interview
•Employment Module
•Certified Assessor Training
Person Centered Interview
• Questions about family work history, hobbies, interests, volunteer work, education, past work history
• Framed in a way to elicit conversational responses
Assessment- Supporting Employment at All Stages
Doesn’t know/believe
work is an option
Exploringwork as
an option
Limitswork
potential(TWP, SGA, …)
Wants towork to
potential(no limits)
Has aworkplan
Workingas
planned
Work/lifechanges
(raise, promotion, marriage, disability)
Employment Module
• Completed by everyone 13-65
• Questions interest in employment, job satisfaction
• Identification of Potential Barriers to Employment
Certified Assessor Training
• All assessors will receive training for the new MN Choices assessment process
• This includes employment specific training
• Assessor training will help integrate employment into additional lead agency business areas
Referrals
• List of employment resources will be provided to people who complete an assessment
Benefits Planning System
MN’s Disability Linkage Line & Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) subsystem offer person-centered information, resources and tools
Help people with disabilities:• better understand benefits and work incentives• explore work as an option• make informed choices about work• achieve better employment outcomes
