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On July 1 Hamilton Center opened a 24-hour residential facility in Indianapolis for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Called the Delta Crisis Residential Service, it is a community-based facility capable of housing up to 10 individuals who are in crisis due to psychiatric, behavioral or emotional difficulties that prevent them from staying in their own residential setting.
The facility is located on East 16th Street. There are 10 individual rooms, four bathrooms (two male, two female), an activity room with a pool table, a direct care staff work-station and an office/meeting room.
The Delta Crisis Residential Service is a wrap-around service model designed to serve individuals as an alternative to a state-operated facility. The model includes a comprehensive, individualized service delivery system to individuals in a home-like setting.
Individuals may be referred from any location in the State, based on the determination of a gatekeeper from the Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitation Services (DDARS), and criteria established in cooperation with HCI and DDARS. Persons with court commitments will be given priority.
An important part of treatment planning and delivery while at the respite facility will be the development of a transition plan to and from Delta Services. This will be done in cooperation with the current provider. The client's case manager will participate in the transition process by providing collateral information, attending team meetings and assisting in implementation of a plan that will allow the individual to return to his or her home or another setting. A typical length of stay will be three months.
The facility is licensed by the Division of Mental Health and Addiction as a supervised group living setting and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
The
Vigo County Quilter's Guild began Project Angel Wings in June, which furnishes
quilts to young mothers in HCI's Healthy Beginnings Program.
Already, 47 quilts have been donated. Connie Griffin, president of the quilter's guild, said she came up with the name because she feels that the quilt is like a pair of angel wings wrapped around each baby. Each quilt is dated and signed by the maker.
The Director for Healthy Beginnings, said that the quilter is given a picture of the recipients with the quilt and the mother's comment of what the quilt means to her. Thanks to the guild for their efforts on behalf of these little ones.
Accrediting Body Visits Spectrum
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) will be at Spectrum August 29 and 30 to survey all aspects of the facility's operations.
Similar to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), CARF rates an organization's operation and gives a one-, two- or three-year accreditation. For significant deficiencies it can deny accreditation. The results of the survey will be available about six weeks after the visit.
NAMI Meeting September 11, 2002 - August 2002
A Wabash Valley affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentall Ill (NAMI) has been established. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11 at 7:00 pm at Hamilton Center, Inc., 620 8th Avenue, Terre Haute. Consumers, family members of persons with mental illnesses, professionals and others interested are invited to attend. All meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month.
The September 11th meeting will feature Jennifer Biham, Psy.C., Case Manager for teh Area Seven Agency on Aging and Disabled. Bigham will discuss programs and community services available for people with mental illnesses.
NAMI is a not-for-profit grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people afflicted by serious and persistent mental illness. NAMI affiliates consist of families, consumers, and professionals dedicated to helping families through a network of support, education, advocacy and research. For further information call Betty Porter, President of the Wabash Valley NAMI at (812) 232-6015.
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