Mosaic at Home® Continues to Show Positive Outcomes for People Served
Mosaic at Home—one of Mosaic’s 24/7 residential services— continues to demonstrate it improves the quality of life for those served.
When contracted with Mosaic at Home, a provider shares their home with a person who has intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) or other diverse needs with the goal of helping the person supported become an active member of the household and their community. Because Mosaic at Home is a highly personalized service, matching the individual to a provider of their choice is a key component.
Sixty-five percent of people Mosaic serves who are in a 24/7 residential service are now supported through Mosaic at Home shared living—a tremendous growth since Mosaic was ahead of the service industry curve by offering home and community based services since the 1980s.
“Mosaic uses The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) Personal Outcome Measures® (POMs), considered the IDD service industry’s only valid and reliable tool to measure quality of life. This important tool is a person-centered, discovery process that determines what people with IDD want out of life,” according to Mosaic Mission Support Associate Vice President Ione Johnson. “Importantly, what we learn when talking to people about their personal outcomes feeds directly into their individual service plan.”
According to CQL, there are 21 POM indicators, and Mosaic added “spirituality” as a 22nd. (This does not necessarily mean to engage in organized religious beliefs and practices; Mosaic defines spirituality as having a sense of peace and purpose—something many people crave.)
Personal Outcome Measures cover areas such as choice, health, safety, social capital, relationships, rights, goals, dreams and employment. Recent data proves those supported through Mosaic at Home achieve an impressive 18 of these 22 POMs.
An important CQL study showed when people with IDD are able to choose where and with whom to live, participate in their communities and experience continuity and security, they are less likely to visit the ER. Those served through Mosaic at Home are more likely to have these three outcomes present.
While all three of these outcomes contributed to fewer ER visits, “People with IDD who chose where and with whom to live in the community had a 74% decrease in emergency room visits compared to people with IDD who did not choose where and with whom to live.”*
Mosaic President and CEO Linda Timmons sums it up best: “All of those little positive changes in someone’s life are important. They help people thrive.”
*Friedman, C. (2021). Choosing Home: The Impact of Choosing Where to Live on People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ Emergency Department Utilization.