When the Therapist Comes to You: A Model Home Visiting Program for Seniors

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• July 1st, 2017
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Sarah is 95 years old and is determined to live out her days in the small New York City apartment she has called home for over 60 years. Her walls are covered with four generations of family photographs, and her shelves are filled with books and mementos of her work as a teacher and travels with...

Serving the Mental Health Needs of Homebound Older Adults

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• April 1st, 2011
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As our population continues to age, it is not uncommon for many of us to have an older neighbor who has become homebound and disappeared from view. Maybe once they were an active part of the community, but now as a result of life changes associated with aging, such as declining health or the loss...