Services for People with Developmental Disabilities

Carmel Residence is a 10-bed facility, that greatly contributes to increased quality of life of persons with Developmental Disabilities and/or Mental Retardation.  Carmel Residence provides a warm and supportive home for all the consumers that live there.  This nurturing environment provides care to persons of different developmental levels of functioning.  Carmel Residence is both an ICF (Intermediate Care Facility and a CR (Community Residence) home.  On a daily basis, the team/staff at Carmel Residence ensures that the consumers who we work for enjoy a productive life style.  The consumers participate in daily outside day programming, they enjoy and participate in the benefits of their community (going to the neighborhood and wider community - flea market, malls, movies, restaurants, churches, museums, parks, concerts, etc).  The consumers who live at Carmel also receive valuable in-house services, for example: a House Manager, Assistant Manager, Registered Nurse, Case Manager (QMRP), Applied Behavioral Psychologist, Nutritionist, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, Cook, Housekeeper, Residence Counselors.  Carmel Residence's goal is to be the ideal home for those who reside there and to be an example of family living and to keep up with the times, all with service provision and emanence of life.  It is Carmel Residence's mission to strive to continue to provide quality care in all aspects of the consumer's life on a daily basis.   

Cribbin House consisits of both an ICF and CR residence.  We provide care for mentally challenged males and females over 21 years old.  

Savio Residence is located in Corona New York, which is a multi-cultured community.  We provide holistic and person-centered services to 15  individuals with Developmental Disabilities.  The program fosters a growth-producing environment that promotes inclusion, individualization and independence.  The home is divided into two programs: an ICF (Intermediate Care Facility) and a CR (Community Residence).  The ICF program has 9 individuals and the CR has 6 individuals.   Services are provded to the individuals by a team professionals composed of: a Program Manager and Assistant Program Manager who ensure that program is operationally viable; a QMRP who ensures that services are available for the individuals based on their needs; an ABSS who develops plans that addresses behavioral needs of the individuals and also ensure that staff are trained to positively assist the individuals; an RN who ensures that all medical needs of the individuals are met; a dietician who develops menus that meet the nutritional needs of the individuals; and Direct Support Professionals who are on the front lines to implement plans developed by the other members of the team.

Golden Residence is an Intermediate Care Facility which houses 10 consumers functioning within the moderate to profound range of mental retardation.   At this residence each consumer is treated as an individual and we strive to address each one of their special needs.  We promote as much independence as possible.  At Golden each consumer is evaluated, and based on the evaluations are working on improving in areas of ADL and ILS skills.  We also promote a wide variety of community activities that would allow our consumers to interact with the community in which they currently reside. 

The Helen Owen Carey Residence is a dual program housing both ICF and CR individuals. The Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) offers a residential treatment option in the community for individuals with specific medical and/or behavioral needs. The ICF also provides 24-hour on-site assistance and training for the individuals, intensive clinical and direct-care services, supervised activities and a variety of therapies. The ICF is designed for individuals whose disabilities severely limit their ability to live independently, while the community residence fosters supportive interpersonal relationships, offers supervision to ensure health and safety and assists in learning activities that are a part of daily living. The community residence portion of the program is designed to provide a home environment, and also to provide a setting where individuals with developmental disabilities can acquire the skills necessary to live as independently as possible.

Home and Community Based Services provides Medicaid Service Coordination, Community Habilitation and Family Support Services to individuals who are diagnosed with MR/DD.  MSC provides case management to individuals and family for the purpose of accessing services they are entitled to. Community Habilitation provides skill training in areas of activities of daily living, academics, socialization and community inclusion. Family Support assists families to receive Medicaid and to access and refer other eligible needed services.

Jeanne Noel Hower Manor is a ICF facility in a beautiful brownstone building, where six developmentally disabled individuals reside. The goal of the program is to teach and assist these individuals to be his or her own person, to reach their full potential in what ever goal they are working on and to be as independent as possible. These individuals have behavioral problems and medical issues and there are a RN and an ABSS to provide support. In addition there are a Project Director, Program Manager, Assistant Manager, Cook and Residence Counselors who provide a friendly and home-like atmosphere which is free from discrimination. These services are provided all year round. Jeanne Noel Hower Manor is a residence which anyone will be proud to call their home.

Mary Wayrick is a 4-bed Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRA) program serving high functioning individuals who are both mild to moderately mentally retarded and also hearing impaired.

Mulrooney Manor is an 18-bed ICF facility that provides services for a geriatric population, with 24-hour nursing care. We promote independence and self worth, enabling each individual to live a healthy meaningful life by helping them support themselves. Each individual goal is specific to the need of that consumer, and these goals are carried out by trained staff. Specific consumer issues are addressed by our clinical team as needed. 

Peter J. Connolly is a four story brownstone house.  It houses 7 consumers with developmental disabilities (3 adult males and 4 adult females).  Our goal is to provide a safe environment through quality care and to help the individuals become as independent as possible.  To achieve these goals the following services are provided: a part-time QMRP that creates the valued outcomes, monthly progress notes and plan of protective oversight; a part-time ABSS, who addresses behaviors; a part-time nurse who addresses all medical aspects of their lives and is on call 24 hours; a part-time nutritionist who addresses individual diets and creates the menus.  There are three staff on each shift (overnight, morning and evening) who carry out the valued outcomes, conduct fire drills and integrate the consumers in the community.   All these staff are trained and certified in the following: CPR, first aid, AMAP, SCIP, OSHA, Part 624 & 632 Regulations.