Gilead Crisis Home

The Gilead Crisis Home serves adults with a developmental disability who are in need of short-term accommodation due to the loss of their primary care provider, urgent need for an alternative placement. Individuals accepted into this facility do not require restraint, isolation or locked facilities, and/or cannot receive medical treatment safely in their current residential setting.  The barrier-free home has the capacity to support individuals at all levels of care and service needs.  Authorizations for admission may not exceed 90 days.  It is anticipated that the home will serve between 20-40 individuals annually.

Admission

• Residents will require 24-hour support and supervision and be in need of a treatment crisis placement option for transition.
• Residents' need for assistance in medication administration may range from independent to full assistance.
• Residents may use adaptive devices (i.e.: walker, wheelchair) to assist with ambulation.
• Residents may require staff intervention to protect themselves from the aggression of others.

Program Description and Services

Gilead Crisis Home is a community-based Crisis Residential program with supports and service coordination for adults with developmental disabilities.  Supports are provided by: Residential staff as identified in the individual Person-Centered Plan; a Crisis Supports Coordinator; a Home Administrator; and clinical staff through Hope Network.  The Agency Clinical Manager oversees the program operations in addition to all intakes and discharges from the program.  The Crisis Coordinator is responsible to assure safe treatment that supports successful discharge to community placement.

The licensed Adult Foster Care home has five bedrooms to support privacy and the diverse needs of the individuals who are receiving services.  The home is designed to support short-term placements and utilizes weekly clinical meetings to coordinate client care and treatment.  The home's administrative structure supports short notice admissions with 24-hour pager and the Clinical Manager.  Gilead Crisis provides an option to the community that often prevents more restrictive institutional placements to people in active crisis. 

The facility is shift staffed, 24 hours a day with the staff changing to fit each individual's Person-Centered Plan/needs.  Some individuals will be supported adequately on a 1:6 ratio. 

The goal of Gilead Crisis Home is to provide safe residential treatment while assisting adults who have a developmental disability in achieving a move to a community placement that meets their needs.  The facility provides the least restrictive environment for the residents in crisis while supporting their individual needs for treatment and support. 

The Crisis Coordinator and/or Home Administrator assess resident safety and treatment needs at intake.  Staffing and supports, including training for staff, are put in place upon admission.

The services include:

• 24-hour care
• Safe, clean housing
• Personal care
• Personal consumables
• Food, nutritional services
• Person-centered interventions
• Behavioral management and treatment
• Transportation (long term beds only)
• Enhanced health care coordination and services
• Applied behavioral services (if needed)
• Medication Administration and medical supplies as outlined in the PCP

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