Adult Addiction and Mental Health Services - Assertive Outreach

Alberta Health Services - Central Zone

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Description
Provide persons with severe and / or persistent mental illness with community-based services that encompass a continuum of flexible and comprehensive, recovery focused interventions that assist individuals to maintain a reasonable independency, quality of life, and optimal level of functioning in their own community.

Provide services to individuals with significant impairments of functioning due to severe and/or persistent mental illness,often affecting their daily functioning; difficulty accepting and maintaining treatment; lack of personal support systems; and may have coexisting issues related to substance abuse and/or justice involvement. Individuals must be willing to participate in the community or be clients leagally aligned to services through such programs as Community Treatment Orders.
Services Include:

  • Medication/Psychiatric Support; administer, assess, monitor prescribed medications
  • Teaching/education and prevention and promotion strategies for recovery focused care
  • Advocate in referral to doctor and/or psychiatrist
  • Support transportation for essential appointments
  • Support social, cultural, spiritual, and personal meaningful activities for quality of life improvement
  • Liaise with employment, finance and housing supports
  • Provide support in activities of daily living; meal planning, grocery shopping
  • Supportive counselling; crisis resolution, problem solving; social skills, coping skills' promote independence

Key Provider: occupational therapists (OTs), psychiatrists, recreational therapists, registered nurses (RNs)
Eligibility
Yes, People ages 18 years or older with severe and/or persistent symptoms of a diagnosed mental illness.
Application Process
Service Access: Professional Referral Required, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
Referral Process: N/A


Waiting Period: Yes,

An estimated wait time will be provided at the time of appointment booking.

Clients must be triaged by the Assertive Outreach nurse prior to acceptance for services


Telephone
403-882-3404
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: No


Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: N/A -
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Last Verified On
May 29, 2024
Address
4909 50 Avenue
Castor, AB, T0C 0X0
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Hours of Operation
Mon
08:00 AM to 04:30 PM
Tue
08:00 AM to 04:30 PM
Wed
08:00 AM to 04:30 PM
Thu
08:00 AM to 04:30 PM
Fri
08:00 AM to 04:30 PM
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