Accra Home Health Duluth is a dedicated provider of individualized homecare services, serving both children and adults across the Duluth area and Minnesota. Their mission centers on improving lives by offering tailored support directly in the comfort and familiarity of clients’ own homes. The organization specializes in Personal Care Assistance (PCA), including the self-directed PCA Choice services, which empower clients and their families to select and employ caregivers suited to their unique situations. This highly personalized form of care covers a broad range of daily living needs such as dressing, grooming, bathing, eating, mobility, positioning, and toileting for both adults and children. For adults, additional assistance extends to light housekeeping, laundry, and meal preparation, ensuring support for a holistic and independent lifestyle.
As part of their commitment to self-directed care, Accra Home Health Duluth acts as a Financial Management Services (FMS) provider. This role simplifies the process for individuals with long-term care needs or disabilities to hire and manage caregivers under options like Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) and the Consumer Support Grant (CSG). Through Accra’s comprehensive FMS offerings, families are supported not only in employing support workers but also in accessing supplementary supports needed to maintain independence and community living.
Accra Home Health Duluth holds a Basic 245D license, allowing them to deliver a wide spectrum of homecare services. These include respite, homemaker assistance, Individual Community Living Support (ICLS), Individual Home Supports (IHS) both with and without training, as well as night supervision services. Clients have the flexibility to choose trusted and qualified workers that best meet their needs, and for IHS with training, are matched with specially qualified staff. An assigned 245D Accra Service Coordinator works alongside clients and county case managers, ensuring that waivered services are properly set up and administered according to each individual’s care plan.
The organization’s approach is deeply personal and attentive, supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families who need care at home due to disabilities or age-related needs. By providing support for activities of daily living and encouraging independence, Accra Home Health Duluth enables clients to continue living within their community and with their loved ones. Operating throughout all 87 counties in Minnesota, Accra is one of the largest providers of homecare in the state, currently serving over 11,000 clients with the help of more than 16,000 team members in both direct care and administrative roles.
By focusing on meaningful relationships, individualized care plans, and a wide array of home and community-based support services, Accra Home Health Duluth continues to positively impact the daily lives of clients and their families, helping them navigate the choices available and ensuring they receive the assistance required to live safely and comfortably at home.