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Residential Services
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Program Overview
The Residential Program provides support to individuals
living in a variety of group or individual settings.
Staff support varies from 24 hour/7days a week to as
little as 2 hours a week based on consumer need and
ability. Our total number of staff is 330 employees (270
full-time and 60 part-time).
Our residential sites offer a home-like
environment while also providing group learning
experiences and development of skills in daily living.
In addition, our residential program assists
consumers with accessing community services and
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Types of Residential Sites:
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Supervised
Individual Residential Alternative (IRA)
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There are currently twenty-eight (28) sites that provide
24 hour per day support. Presently, we serve 157
consumers in twenty-four (24) hour per day sites in our
Individualized Residential Alternative (IRA) program.
The IRA operation is based upon a plan specific to each
of the individuals and his/her needs. The plan includes
the level of oversight/support needed for the individual
while in the home and community.
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Supportive
IRA
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The Supportive IRA provides
residential services and support to individuals residing
in his/her own apartment. In this program, the
individuals receive between 2-15 hours of staff support
per week. Individuals residing in our supportive IRA
program must be able to independently recognize an
emergency and contact emergency personnel (agency and
non-agency), administer his or her own medications,
utilize community transportation, and manage personal
funds. We presently serve thirty-two in thirty (30)
sites.
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For more information or referral:
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Click on the mailbox to email
Andrea Taichnar, or, call Andrea
at (518) 218-0000 x
4334. |
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Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs)
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The Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)
is a residence that is certified and regulated by OMRDD
under Part 681 of the Mental Hygiene Code. This type of
residence is often considered one-step above a skilled
nursing facility.
The ICF is highly regulated and closely monitored by
both NYS policies and federal standards.
Each ICF is strongly focused on “active
treatment” initiatives that are provided on a 24/7
basis. Such
active treatment involves thorough documentation
standards that note each individual’s daily goals and
activities as based on a comprehensive functional
assessment.
Most of our ICF’s are provided with enhanced staffing
to serve consumers who require health/nursing
interventions due to physical or medical needs, or
clinical interventions due to behavioral challenges.
There are currently 8 ICF programs serving 66 consumers.
These ICF’s are located in
Albany
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Schenectady
,
Rensselaer
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Westchester
County
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For more information
about Intermediate Care Facilities, or referral:
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Click on the mailbox to
email, or call Andrea Taichnar at (518)
218-0000 x 4334.
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Family
Care Services
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Family Care Services are provided by
individuals in the community whose private
homes are certified as residential options for
individuals with developmental disabilities.
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In Home Services
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The In-Home Services program provides
assistance to individuals throughout the
Capital Region who live in the community
either in their own homes or in their family
home. Our staff assists our individuals to
achieve defined goals based on independence,
integration, socialization and productivity.
We also provide respite services for those
individuals who have approved respite budget.
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Number
of Individuals Served
We presently serve 30 consumers. There are
26 staff that provide in-home
services,
3 full time and 23 part-time.
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For more information
about In Home Services, or referral:
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Click on the mailbox to
email, or call Talib Horton at (518)
218-0000 x
4313.
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