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Since 1991, the Center for Human Development has operated
one of a handful of Enhanced Care Facilities, a specialized residential
unit treating the most vulnerable and at-risk mental health consumers
in Oregon. GASP services are comprehensive and require the close collaboration
of a TEAM of committed professionals.
- The Team includes…
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
- Practitioner
- Licensed Nursing Staff
- Specially trained Certified Nurses Aides
- Mental Health Skills Trainers
- Occupational Therapist
- Master’s level Social Workers
- Social Services Specialists
- Physician consultation.
For your most difficult cases...
Communities do a remarkable job of keeping persons with very challenging
behaviors in their homes.
Occasionally, however, we encounter a consumer with significant and complex
issues for whom traditional interventions simply don’t work. Despite
our best efforts, these individuals consume large amounts of the community’s
resources, frustrate the treatment community, disrupt the milieu in which
they live and worst of all, don’t seem to get better. State hospitalization
is difficult to access, but staying in the community doesn’t seem
possible.
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When you are out of options...
Since 1998, GASP services have been available for intensive
intervention for consumers and clinicians needing a fresh look at challenging
mental health cases.
GASP services offer you and your client…
- A range of psychiatric, social, and functional interventions
from a team of Enhanced Care professionals.
- A range of activities for your client to assist the
team in determining functionality.
- Constant communication with your treatment team.
- A practical Behavior Support
Plan for you to implement upon the consumer’s return.
What to do?
Eligibility for GASP placement is a collaboration
between the consumer, your treatment team and ours. To serve a consumer,
we must have in place the following:
- Financial Responsibility
- Legal Responsibility
- Discharge Plan
In addition, for those considered to be appropriate
for in-patient services, we will discuss:
- Nursing Home Admission Status
- Aggression, Suicidality, etc.
- Compatibility With Existing Milieu
Getting Started…
Simply give us a call at 541/962-8819 and let us talk
with you about your needs and how we may serve you.
Gero-psychiatric Assessment and Stabilization Program
Enhanced Care Services
Center for Human Development
1100 K Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850
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Two Ways to Serve you
MOBILE GASP
Through Mobile GASP Services, you will call us and
explain the situation, the strategies that have been attempted, and if
we agree that an on-site consultation would be appropriate, we will arrive
to review the case and develop a Behavior Support Plan for you and your
team to implement. The GASP Team will stay in contact by phone and email
and continue to fine-tune with you until you have a fully functional and
practical treatment plan.
IN-PATIENT GASP
For those in need of more intensive services, or
who are not responding in their current living situation, our custom-designed,
secure GASP bed is available for up to 30 days. We will provide intensive
services, including activities, close monitoring, and an analysis of medication
regimes by our nurse practitioner and nursing home staff. Maximum length
of stay in the GASP bed is 30 days, and all admissions must meet Senior
and Persons with Disabilities nursing home admission criteria, including
PASSR screening. A discharge plan must be in place PRIOR to admission.
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