What services are coordinated by the Living at Home/Block Nurse Program?
How does the Program work? Enhancing the ability of a family to meet the needs of its own members is the cornerstone of the Living at Home/Block Nurse Program. The program organizes and reinforces what resources the family already has for meeting its own needs, and supplements those resources with a mix of services and supports from the neighborhood: nursing, counseling, transportation, bathing, errands and chores, socialization, physical therapy, and so on. These services are provided and coordinated under the supervision of a Program Director, Service Coordinator or a public health nurse (as need dictates) each of whom understands that the participant, family and community is the client. Neighborhood residents needing help are identified in several ways: • by the local LAH/BNP creatively reaching out to identify potential residents in need, • by residents themselves, • by family members, • through word of mouth from friends, • from contacts by churches and other community organizatio
