Senior Adult Outpatient Services Senior Gateway is our unique geropsychiatric day treatment program designed to meet the special physical, emotional and social needs of senior adults. This program helps seniors and their caregivers adjust to the sometimes overwhelming changes and losses that may be associated with aging, changes creating confusion, isolation, anxiety, fear and depression. The goal of this program is to improve each participant's quality of life and to help maintain or improve independence and self-esteem. Understand the aging process Cope with the complications and limitations of aging Reduce frustrations and confrontations between senior adults and their caregivers Based on a multidisciplinary admitting evaluation, a treatment program is developed for each participant. Therapies include individual, group, recreation and education activities.
Grief counseling is an important component of the program.
There are also sessions for caregivers to assist in coping with the changes being experienced by their loved ones, and to develop skills for managing the additional load of caregiving. For a complete list of DePaul Center support groups, refer to the Health Links section of our website. Providence DePaul Center offers monthly Brown Bag Seminars on mental health topics in the Providence Pavilion Auditorium. In addition, many support groups meet weekly at DePaul Center, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Alanon, Co-Dependency and other groups assisting mental health. The Brown Bag Seminars, as well as the support groups, are free and open to the community.