State Level Activities

Assistive Technology:

State Leadership Activities

• Transition
• Training
• Funding
• Resource Guide
• Education
• Community
• Health Care
• Employment
• Information Technology

Assistive Technology in Community Transition

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Texas Resources

Texas Department of Aging and Disability (DADS)Services

Where to call to receive DADS services

Service Definitions of Medicaid Waiver Programs (from Advocacy Inc.)
Part 1 - Home & Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHml), Deaf-Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD)

Part 2 - Community Based Alternatives (CBA), Communiyt Living Assistance and Support Services (CLASS), Consolidated Wavier Program (CWP), Medically Dependent Children’s Program (MDCP)

Access and Intake Services Community Options
This booklet is 97 pages long in PDF format on the DADS Internet site at:
Community Options

Assistive Technology Resources

Doodads, Gadgets & Thingamajigs from the North Dakota Interagency Program for Assistive Technology. IPAT created this 66-page book to serve as an introduction to assistive technology for senior citizens. It uses everyday language and provides scenarios of difficulty familiar to older residents that are made less difficult through the use of AT. Devices are described in the following categories: hard of hearing / deaf; cooking / kitchen; home safety / housekeeping / environmental controls; leisure / recreation / exercise / physical activity; lifelong learning / computers / augmentative communication; low vision / blind; managing medication / emergency assistance; positioning / seating / mobility / transportation; and self-care.

ABLEDATA produces fact sheets and informed consumer guides to help you select various types of assistive products.These are in PDF format.

Introduction to Communication Boards Designed for the Transition Process(PDF format). Using communication boards in the initial interview with consumer. Includes instructions of how to use communication boards.

Home Modification Fact Sheet (PDF format)Information on home modification from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging

http://www.homemods.org/ A Web site from From the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification

Infinitec.org Excellent resources and links on home modification and other assistive technology for community living

Useful Information from Other States

Money Follows the Person Toolbox (PDF format) (A very helpful file, - 70 pages) It contains many helpful links including links to handbooks other states have created on transitioning from a nursing facility to the community. Following are a list of helpful links from this website:

The Official Homepage for Nursing facility Transition Resources The New Jersey Handbook on Transition. Includes many helpful pages such as phone call guide, goals lists, checklists.

Connecticut Transition Guide (PDF format), A booklet for individuals who want to leave a nursing facility and move to the community.

Minnesota A Consumer Guide for Planning Your Move from a Nursing Facility to the Community(MS Word format).