Emergency Preparedness For Your Dd Group Home – Magnate Consulting

It’s that time of year! We just experienced our first snow days of the year, here in the DMV. IT’S VITAL and a Requirement per regulations that your group homes are prepared for inclement weather. Here are some tips:

Please ensure that your staff are aware of the inclement weather policy. Staff are usually expected to work until they are relieved if the area experiences snow and/or a natural disaster. The individuals must have staff 24/7 and if a staff leaves the individuals unattended that is considered job abandonment and that is also considered neglect and may possibly result in law enforcement involvement. Group Home Policy and Procedure

Every home needs enough food and water to last for a minimum of three days. There should be 3 gallons of water per individual and per staff. There should also 3 days of food that can be prepared and eaten without refrigeration or power for 3 days. If you have any individuals who are on a special diet, you must ensure that they also have emergency food for 3 days. The emergency food should be kept separate from other food in the home and should be labeled for emergencies.

There should also be first aid kits that are fully stocked, flashlights and other emergency equipment. There are emergency backpacks available online and may be at some outdoor/recreation stores.

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OUR MISSION

To increase the quality of potential and existing providers of DD Residential Supports (Group Homes),  Assisted Living Facilities, Home Health agencies and other human service providers.  We aim to improve the quality of individuals’ lives by being an advocate for those who live in settings other than the natural home.

OUR HISTORY

Magnate Consulting, LLC. was founded in 2016  in Virginia. This company was started after constantly seeing gaps in the quality of services  by Medicaid Providers. It was observed that there was not always a balance between Quality, Ethics, Person-Centered Thinking and Individual Satisfaction. This company was created to help ensure that all of these areas are above standard in providers that we work with. Our hope is that we help improve individuals’ lives and provider quality!

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