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Handouts
Guardianship for Texans with Disabilities
This booklet is intended to serve as a general guide for persons considering guardianship for family members or friends.
Download PDF: Guardianship for Texans with Disabilities (143KB)How to Make an Advance Directive
Texas law allows you to create a Declaration for Mental Health Treatment (Advance Directive) to control your mental health treatment in the event you become unable to make treatment decisions at a later date.
Download PDF: How to Make an Advance Directive (90KB)Legally Adequate Consent
This handout explains the requirements of legally adequate consent under state law, when legally adequate consent is necessary and who is authorized to give the needed consent for a person with a disability.
Download PDF: Legally Adequate Consent (154KB)Self-Advocacy Information Flyer
This flyer gives a general overview of self-advocacy and contact information for DRTx.
Download PDF: Self-Advocacy Information Flyer (449KB)Helpful Links
Consumer Rights and Services at the Department of Aging and Disability Services
Consumer Rights and Services employees take complaints about the treatment of people who receive services in long-term care facilities or in their homes.
Consumer Rights and Services at the Department of Aging and Disability ServicesDADS Guardianship Services Handbook
Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services' Guardianship Services Handbook
DADS Guardianship Services HandbookEstablishing a Trust
Information on Master Pooled Trusts from The Arc of Texas
Master Pooled Trusts for People with DisabilitiesEstate Planning: Trusts
Information on trusts and estate planning from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Estate Planning -- TrustsIt’s Your Choice: Consumer-Directed Services (CDS)
This publication of the Department of Aging and Disability Services explains how the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services offers people living with disabilities home and community based services and supports options to help them stay as independent as possible. When it comes to managing those services, everyone has different needs and preferences.
It's Your Choice: Consumer Directed Services (CDS)Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services Community Options Booklet
Information from the DADS Community Services and Program Operations on long-term services and supports options
Services Community Options BookletTexas Quality Matters
The Texas Quality Matters website at the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) provides information to you about many DADS services programs as well as providing information about quality improvement initiatives. This site links to Quality Reporting Scores (QRS) for community and facility programs and the Quality Monitoring Program for Nursing Facilities (QMWeb).
Texas Quality MattersTexas’ Promoting Independence Plan
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission developed the Texas Promoting Independence Plan which supports allowing many people with a disability to live and receive supports and services in the community.
Texas’ Promoting Independence PlanYour Rights in DADS Community Programs
This handbook tells you about some general rights and responsibilities you may have if you are receiving services in Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) community programs.
Your Rights in DADS Community ProgramsYour Rights in DADS Community Programs for Older Texans and People with Physical Disabilities
This publication of the Department of Aging and Disability Services tells you about some general rights and responsibilities you may have if you are receiving services in the following DADS programs: Community Attendant Services, Community Based Alternatives, Community Living Assistance and Support Services, Consolidated Waiver Program, Consumer Managed Personal Assistant Services, Day Activity and Health Services, Deaf Blind Multiple Disabilities Program, Family Care, Hospice Services, Integrated Care Management, Medically Dependent Children Program, Primary Home Care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, and Special Services to Persons with Disabilities.
Your Rights in DADS Community Programs for Older Texans and People with Physical DisabilitiesYour Rights in Local Authority Services
This publication of the Department of Aging and Disability Services tells you about the rights and privileges you have if you are receiving services offered by a local authority, sometimes called “community centers.”
Your Rights in Local Authority ServicesYour Rights in the Home and Community Services (HCS) Program
This Department of Aging and Disability Services handbook tells about the rights and privileges you have if you are receiving services offered through the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Program.
Your Rights in the Home and Community Services (HCS) programYour Rights in the Texas Home Living Program (TxHmL)
This publication of the Department of Aging and Disability Services explains the rights and privileges individuals have when receiving services through the Texas Home Living (TxHmL) program.
Your Rights in the Texas Home Living Program (TxHmL)
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