Essential Living Support, LLC provides Companion Services in Cheyenne, WY for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are supported through Wyoming DD Waiver services. Companion support is built around safe presence, community participation, social engagement, and independence in everyday life.
What Companion Services Are
Companion Services help a participant stay connected, engaged, and supported in approved home and community settings. Depending on the participant’s authorized plan, companion support may include appropriate activities, social interaction, supervision, reminders, community outings, and steady support that helps the person participate more fully in daily life.
Companion Services are not skilled nursing, medical treatment, or a substitute for a different waiver service. The service should match the participant’s Individualized Plan of Care, assessed needs, and goals.
Who Companion Services Support
ELS supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Cheyenne and surrounding Wyoming communities. Companion support may be useful when a participant benefits from a trusted support person for social engagement, community-based support, activity planning, communication, safety awareness, and independence-focused routines.
How Companion Services Relate to the Wyoming DD Waiver
Wyoming DD Waiver Companion Services must fit the participant’s authorized plan and should be coordinated with the case manager, guardian when applicable, and the rest of the plan-of-care team. ELS can discuss whether DD Waiver Companion Services in Cheyenne are a good fit for a participant’s current support needs, service authorization, and community goals.
Community Participation and Social Engagement
Companion support often matters because independence is not only about completing tasks alone. It can also mean having the right support to attend community activities, build relationships, practice communication, make choices, and stay involved in meaningful routines.
- Community participation and appropriate outings
- Social engagement and companionship
- Support with familiar routines and planned activities
- Communication with families, guardians, and case managers when needs change
- Independence-focused support for adults with I/DD
Referral and Case Manager Coordination
Families, guardians, and case managers can contact Essential Living Support to talk through service fit, participant needs, current availability, and next steps. Case managers may contact ELS to discuss a referral, service authorization questions, transition planning, or whether Companion Services should be coordinated with other Wyoming DD Waiver supports.