Case Management
Specialized
person centered program for high risk older adults who have a
chronic mental illness. Specific services include: Assessment and
Evaluation, Treatment Planning using the person centered planning
process, Linking and Coordinating to community services, and
Advocacy.
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Guardianship
When appointed by Probate Court, the Agency assumes legal
responsibility to help persons remain as independent as possible
in the most appropriate setting. Services include periodic
monitoring visits, advocating for continued quality of life,
managing finances, making medical decisions and reporting to the
Court.
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Psychiatric Services
These
services are designed to enable individuals with a chronic
mental illness to remain in the community with stabilized
symptoms. The services include yearly psychiatric evaluation,
medication management, and monitoring for side effects of
psychotropic medications.
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Outpatient Counseling
Individual
services that support consumer’s efforts to remain in the
community and avoid hospitalization or nursing home placement.
The program stresses consumer responsibility in the
treatment/recovery process. Services are provided in the home
or on site, they include assessment of need, psychiatric and
case management evaluation, person centered treatment planning,
medication management, linking and coordinating, advocacy, and
counseling.
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Skill Building Services
The goal of
skill building is to assist individuals with developing the
social, educational, and psychological skills necessary to live
as independently as possible. Treatment is mainly focused on
peer socialization and group support in a structured
environment. Along with an ongoing assessment of the
individual’s level of functioning in the community, the program
provides individual and group therapy, a goal directed treatment
plan, crisis intervention, therapeutic recreation, structured
leisure activities, educational and life skills services, and
opportunities for community integration. Psychiatric evaluation
and medication management are provided, as well. Psychiatrist
and nurse on site. Transportation is provided.
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Substance Abuse Treatment
Individual,
family and group treatment elders, their caregivers and
community groups in understanding, preventing and treating
substance abuse. Treatment services include assessment,
education and individual and group counseling that may be
provided in the home or other convenient location.
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