OLDER ADULT AND CAREGIVER SERVICES
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Recognizing the dramatically increasing population of older adults, Oakland Family Services is committed to providing diverse individual and group services for Older Adult clients and their families. In addition to addressing crisis intervention, we also provide the following: psychiatric evaluation and medical assessment medication management and monitoring psychiatric consults multidisciplinary assessment with treatment recommendations and appropriate level of care early intervention for clients diagnosed with dementia through assessment, medication evaluation and behavioral plan dementia training for caregivers individual, family and group counseling for depression, grief and loss, substance abuse, family relationships, retirement and other life changes  behavioral management OBRA compliance consultation Services can be provided in nursing homes, assisted livings, retirement communities or, in the home.

Oakland Family Services' professionals provide educational presentations and trainings on topics for and about the aging population for professional and familial caregivers.

Topics include:

• Taking Care of the Caregiver
• You and Your Aging Parent
• Dementia Caregiver Series which includes:
             1.  What to Expect After the Diagnosis
             2.  Communicating and Therapeutic Activities with the Dementia Client
             3.  Taking Care of the Caregiver
• Staying Emotionally Healthy
• Beat the Blues Bingo
• The Positive Side of Aging
• Enhancing Memory
• Stress Management

Staff from Older Adult and Caregiver Services also conduct a monthly Stroke Support Group with a different topic of focus each month.  Topics include: Relaxation Techniques Love & Laughter Stroke - Good Luck or Bad Luck Holiday Stressors Humor and Good mental Health The Effects of Good Self-Esteem Effects of Pain on Mental Health Music, Dance & Art Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

The Older Adult Specialty In-home Services (OASIS) program provides counseling services to homebound older adults (60+) living in Oakland County in the privacy of their own home.  This program is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and is at no cost to the service recipients.  This program is available to older adult or their caregivers when they have a concern about depression, anxiety or substance misuse.

The Older Adult and Caregiver Services team is comprised of psychologists, psychiatric nurses trained in gerontology, and masters-prepared, certified social workers who specialize in gerontology, psychiatry, substance abuse and the behavioral management of dementia clients.

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OLDER ADULT SERVICES?

For more information about Older Adult Services offered through Oakland Family Services, please call Micheline Sommers, Director of Specialty Services, at 248.858.7766, ext. 246.