offers recovery and rehabilitation support

in ARAFEMI’s housing or in a person’s home.

Home-Based Outreach Services

The need for Outreach followed on from ARAFEMIacquiring accommodation to assist people movingfrom the long stay psychiatric hospitals, into thecommunity and to provide support, for life.

Outreach entails going out to the person’s home, whether that be a flat, family home, shared unit or Boarding House and supporting the person to maintain their independence, assist with managing their mental illness and engage with social, learning and employment opportunities

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We assist people to adapt, learn skills and developsupports to enable them to live a satisfying andsuccessful life, in the role of their choice, with theleast amount of on-going professional support.

Home-Based Outreach Service

The teams are multi disciplinary, with qualifications andbackgrounds in: psychologysocial workcounsellingnursinghomelessnessalcohol & other drugsmental heath

We specialise in promoting:best mental healthrecovery andcomplex support

RECOVERY

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‘Lorraine”

Lorraine is a senior citizen in our community and she was in a psychiatric ward for several years until de institutionalisation in the early 1980’s

Father died several years ago Lorraine lives independentlyMother has taken responsibility for

Lorraine’s financial and living skillsMother is elderly with failing health,

siblings usually only see Lorraine during a Christmas lunch

Mother recently had a fall and was hospitalised for a few weeks

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‘Lorraine’

The siblings were unaware of how their mother supported their sister which created lots

of confusion for ‘Lorraine’‘Lorraine’ had a routine of

every Thursday going to the bank with her mother to withdraw money for grocery shopping

There was also ‘meals-on-wheels’ and council help with cleaning to be paid as well as utilities etc.

‘Lorraine’

When ‘Lorraine’s’ mother was released from hospital she contacted ARAFEMI and had a meeting to discuss further ways for ARAFEMI to support her daughter‘Lorraine’s’ mother is about to move into a retirement home as she is no longer able to maintain independent livingThese days ‘Lorraine’ manages her own day-to-day living

skills with some assistance from ARAFEMI and she attends several activities

‘Lorraine’s’ mother is so relieved that her daughter has on-going support to live independently

‘Richard’Was diagnosed with a mental illness

ten years agoHis family bought a unit for him to live

independently‘Richard’ enjoys the familiarity of his

environment ‘Richard’s’ mother has been

‘Richard’s’ main support and visits him regularly to ensure he ‘gets out bed’

Sadly, she was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness and she’s contacted ARAFEMI for a ‘Support at Home’ service

‘Richard’s’ mother has arranged for this to commence prior to her physical deteriation

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‘Richard’This contract is in three stages The first stage is for ARAFEMI to visit

once a week as ‘Richard’s mother would like to continue her visits whilst she is still able

With the decline of health, she would like ARAFEMI to increase and ultimately replace her visits

As sad as it is for the family regarding ‘Richard’s’ mother’s health, this is a comforting outcome for the family and more importantly for ‘Richard’

All of our work is done in partnership with consumersand carers which we see as the first step in encouragingempowerment and Self-actualisation

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