Families ⁽⁷⁾

• Can the Remedy help families connect with other families across the province?

  Yes, through LACs, Regional Hubs and other key implementation partners like Inclusion NS. 
   

• How will people be supported to make their own choices – not what their family or service provider thinks is best?

  LACs and ISPCs will have skilled training to ensure that the interests of the individual are central to the planning process. Families and service providers can get help to understand supported decision making and how it works.
   

• How will families build confidence in the Remedy and the province’s ability to meet the needs of their family member?

  LACs and IPSCs will have to work to rebuild trust and confidence with families. This will best be done through building relationships, connecting families with other families who have been through similar experiences, and consistent communication and transparency.
   

• As a person with disability, what will happen if my family doesn’t support inclusion?

  You are in charge of your plan. Your LAC or IPSC can help you figure out what inclusion looks like in your situation. Your family may also need some support to be creative in their vision of inclusion. Most often, families are scared or protective because they have been told inclusion isn’t possible. Working together can help. But, at the end of the day, your plan is yours and you get to decide. 
   

• What if I don’t have a family to support me or don’t want my family to support me?

  Part of your plan might include building connections for you or helping you access peer support. You don’t have to have a family for planning.
   

• What is the Remedy going to do to support families?

  The Remedy is focused on supporting individuals. Supports to families should never be in place of support to individuals. However, the Remedy recognizes that families are often the main source of support for people with disabilities and need support to continue this role.
  The Remedy will support families by:

  • Connecting with partners like Inclusion NS to help families build a vision for inclusion, and access information on supported decision making, etc.
  • Providing Local Area Coordination supports like system navigation or identifying community connections for their family and/or family member with disability.
  • Ensuring space for families on Regional Hub advisory councils.
  • Providing Individualized Funding (IF) coordination and administrative support so the responsibility of managing and administering funds and implementing their family member’s plan does not fall to families alone.

• Will people be reconnected with family members?

  If people want support to reconnect with family members, their LAC or ISPC can support this. Families are not expected to resume a primary care role in their family member’s life.