PERSON-CENTERED ADVOCATES

More Excellent Way encourages Recipients to utilize their personal network of family, friends, church community, co-workers, teachers, life coaches, direct care staff, nurses, physical therapist, medical professionals, as well as resources from the public mental health system to achieve their desired outcomes. During Planning and Decision making, we provide the opportunity for the Recipient to express their opinion about the supports they receive in order to improve the quality of the services being delivered to them. We help the Recipient understand, they have the RIGHT to make formal complaints about how their supports and services are delivered to them and about any of the people who provide these services. We help them review their monthly progress reports from Case Managers and Support Coordinators regarding their Person-Centered Treatment Plan. We encourage Recipients to review their own progress reports toward their desired outcomes and ask if they are satisfied with how their support services are being delivered. If Recipient is dissatisfied, we encourage them to Contact the MIDHHS office of Recipient Rights and speak with an Officer or Advisor.

When Developmentally Disabled Persons receive mental health services their rights are protected by Michigan’s Mental Health Code and other Federal and State Laws. We advocate for our Recipients and help them understand their Rights. As a Developmentally Disabled Individual, they have a Right to a Person-Centered approach to their Treatment Plan and the delivery of their Mental Health Support Services. They have a right to choose Person-Centered activities that will assist in their development and help meet their goals for their desired future. They have the right to be treated with dignity and respect regarding their care, custody, education, medical needs, finances, family, support systems, and supervision. They have a right to ask questions about their treatment and participate in their care and decisions that affect their personal outcomes and quality of life. We attend support meetings and advocate for our Recipients. Our Staff are trained to act in a manner that protects the Rights of our Recipients when providing our services.

We encourage functional family relationships. We consider the expressed support of loved ones to be a vital component to a favorable state of mental health and wellbeing. We honor requests from family members to receive, general education information about the nature of the Recipients mental disorders, medications, and their side effects. We provide Information about available support services, advocacy groups, financial assistance, and coping strategies.

RECIPIENT RIGHTS

HEALTHY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS