Senior Care
Aging brings many joys – more time with family and freedom in retirement – but our older years can also bring difficult life transitions, including the loss of loved ones and stress from age-related health concerns.
The senior care services program for intensive outpatient therapy at Dukes Memorial Hospital is designed to meet the unique needs of individuals, typically 65 and older.
Feeling down every once in a while is a normal part of life, but if these feelings last a few weeks or months, you may be dealing with something more serious.
If you or someone you know has experienced any of the following, this program might be right for you:
- Caretakers who need emotional support
- Changes in appetite
- Difficulty sleeping
- Physical limitations requiring emotional support
- Fear of leaving home/isolation
- Feeling loss of independence
- Loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities
- Loss of a spouse or close family member
- Recently experienced a traumatic event
Services offered by the senior care services program for intensive outpatient therapy at Dukes Memorial Hospital include a confidential assessment, group and individual therapy, family therapy, medication education and management and after-care planning, where we continue to engage and support our participants. Even though this is a group setting, each person is addressed individually based on their unique needs.
The program staff includes a board-certified psychiatrist, licensed therapists, a registered nurse and other professionals dedicated to the mental health care of the older adults in our community.
Anyone can make a referral to the program. This includes self, family members, physicians or other healthcare professionals.
For more information about the senior care services program for intensive outpatient therapy at Dukes Memorial Hospital, call (765) 475-2345.