Dale Association Inc

Programs: Consumer directed personal care aide program is a direct result of the state legislation that empowers handicapped or chronically ill people to recruit, interview, hire, train, supervise, schedule and, if needed, dismiss personal assistants of their choice. Eligibility for the program includes clients who are medicaid approved, niagara county residents, medically stable and "self-directing" or have a significant other who agrees to help self-direct.

the personalized recovery oriented services (pros) program strives to assist individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to achieve their chosen goals and progress in their individual recovery process through the provision of effective, high quality, integrated rehabilitation, support, and treatment services. The program works with individuals' strengths and barriers, as well as their unique situations and illnesses. The program provides vocational training and follow-up, psycho-educational and family psycho-educational groups, skill building groups, recovery through therapy, addiction groups and participation-based incentives. With the pros program, the emphasis is on the person's recovery and their goal(s), not the diagnosis and limitations. Psychiatric consultation is provided for participants of the program.

the mental health clinic offers individual, family and group counseling for a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, stress, anger control, and chronic mental illness and health issues.

social services is comprised of the following 9 programs:the ombudsman program is designed to ensure that the rights of all patients who are part of the long-term care system are protected. An ombudsman is an advocate for patients and their families. Each ombudsman visits an assigned facility weekly to visit residents, discuss problems with staff, and talk with families. If problems are identified, the ombudsman is the facilitator for all involved individuals. In severe situations, the ombudsman refers all situations to a state regulatory agency for official investigation. The peer specialist program provides services to niagara county's severely and persistently mentally ill adults. The services offered by the program include education that will assist recipients in building life skills, links to services such as educational and employment opportunities, assistance with locating safe, affordable, independent housing, and facilitating the involvement of the client in their treatment plan. Dial-a-lift van service picks people up from their homes and drives them to the lockport senior centre. It provides an important linkage to social activities and services for people who are no longer able to drive, allowing them to avoid isolation and promoting the benefits of interaction with others. The visually and hearing impaired program is tailored to meet the individual needs of those with sensory loss. Services to the visually impaired and blind include home management communication skills training, sensory awareness, counseling and assistance in adjusting to sight loss, and referrals to physicians and ophthalmologists. Services to the hearing impaired and deaf includes introduction to speech and lip reading, counseling and assistance in adjusting to hearing loss, amplification aids and devices, and referrals to hearing services and audiologists. The geriatric nurse program enables people to stay in their own homes and prevent future hospitalization. One nurse who assesses client needs and serves as a referral source to established community services serves the geriatric population. The call and reassure elders (care) program is a telephone reassurance program intended to serve area seniors or disabled adults who are homebound, isolated, living alone or in need of daily contact to ensure personal safety. A trained volunteer will place a phone call on a regularly scheduled basis to seniors who are in need of someone to touch base with them to ensure their well-being and/or to have a friendly conversation. The memory minders program is a social day program for people with early memory impairment. Participants enjoy activities and support such as art, music, games, exercise, outings and socialization which are designed to slow the further deterioration of mild memory loss. Techniques on how to deal with the problems related to memory loss are taught in the process. The senior advisor assists seniors with an array of community services available as well as home or hospital visits, advocacy, elder abuse prevention, linkage to appropriate community services, assistance with applications for public assistance and much more. The goals of the services the senior advisor provides is to promote self-sufficiency; assist individuals to meet their basic needs, such as food, housing, clothing, and benefits; improve their social skills, and assist with the individuals' ability to live independently in the community. The community-based care transitions program was a partnership between the association and p2 collaborative of wny with oversight by the centers for medicare and medicaid services. The goal of the program was to improve the health of aged individuals in niagara county who are transitioning from the hospital back into their homes and to reduce hospital readmissions. Participation in the program was completely voluntary and designed to help patients and their loved ones better understand and manage their medications, prevent return visits to the hospital by identifying early warning signs that alert the patient that additional medical care may be needed, and be an active participant in follow-up visits with their primary care provider. This program was discontinued in june 2014.