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
• aging in place, behavioral health services, caregiver support, community-based services, home-based care, integrated healthcare, older adults, social isolation
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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...

Super Storm Sandy is Over but the Problems Are Not: A Creative Community-Based Integrated Health Care Initiative

• By: Michael Skinner, LCSW Staten Island Mental Health Society
• October 1st, 2015
• anxiety, community resilience, depression, disaster recovery, home-based care, integrated care, mental health, PTSD
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The Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc. (SIMHS as lead agency) and Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI) partnered, in April 2014, to form a Mobile Integrated Health Team (MIHT) to provide in-home health and mental health services to Staten Island residents still suffering the...