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Residential providers describe activities during snow and continued community engagement
Summary
Residential providers said staff kept residents engaged with in-house activities while vans were snowed in and resumed day-program attendance when driveways were cleared; providers described afternoon routines and transportation delays.
Santiki Cabo, representing community residences, reported that during recent snow residents stayed home and staff provided art, music and other in-house activities until maintenance cleared driveways and vans could run again. "During the time where the snow was around, the individual stayed home. So we engaged them in those activities," Santiki said, describing modified schedules and delays to pickups.
Residential providers explained that pickups shifted later (some participants picked up around 09:30 and returned about 16:30) and that staff used the additional on-site time to provide meaningful engagements. Committee members asked whether residential providers also take residents into the community when weather permits; Santiki said outings resume when weather is appropriate and described park visits, concerts and family visits as typical weekend activities. The committee emphasized coordinating with day programs and documenting community-integration opportunities in individual support plans.
