Goals
- To provide ongoing support to individuals who choose to live in homes of their own;
- To allow individuals to take responsibility and to experience successes as the move toward their full potential;
- To encourage and promote community acceptance of people with intellectual disabilities living in their own homes and participating in community events;
- To ensure that people in homes of their own live with dignity in safe and healthy environments;
- To assist and support their goals, hopes and dreams.
Services Description
Supported Living Services are designed to teach, assist, support and encourage the participants to live independently in their own homes or with room-mates, this is their individual choice. This service provides the appropriate level of support for each participant to remain living in their own homes. Support staff partner with clients in working toward goals they set for themselves. Services are intended to be client directed whenever possible. This service is designed to contribute toward quality of life through increasing independence and community inclusion to prevent isolation and loneliness.
Objectives
- Household Management Skills;
- Money Management/Budgeting Skills;
- Life Skills Instruction;
- Health and Nutrition Issues;
- Safety and Emergency Procedures;
- Personal Care/Hygiene;
- Healthy Relationship Issues/Sexuality;
- Family Contact;
- Participation in Inclusive Community Activities
Contact Information:
Bonnie-Sue Curran, Coordinator
Support Living Services
Yellowknife Association for Community Living
Phone: (867) 873-9061
Fax: (867) 669-0095
Email: sil@ykacl.ca
These Services are funded by:
The Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority.
