OUR SERVICES
Healthy Lives manages several programs designed to address several areas of need within the community and are linked with various organizations to ensure effective care for all clients.
MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY
Our professional team works with individuals of all ages including children, adults, and the elderly. Implementing various types of therapy techniques that allows us to provide healing for many mental health issues, such as trauma, ADHD/ADD, depression, and others.
Our mental health professionals implement various types of therapy techniques. The choice of the type of psychotherapy depends on the patient’s assessment, the severity of the condition, and overall state of health. Therapists can use one or more approaches together to achieve the needed progress, that include but not limited to the following:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical behavioral therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Play Therapy
- Medication Management
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
In Healthy Lives, we prepare different treatment programs to fit each need based on the severity of the condition and the type of substance addiction.
Healthy Lives will conduct and assessment to determine the appropriate level of care, treatment intensity and treatment frequency to include the following:
DWI/DUI Education
Healthy Lives DWI/DUI Program is a 12 hour curriculum developed to provide the following information to meet the State of Maryland and Maryland Courts regulatory requirements.
- Scope of drinking-driver problem
- Drinking driver patterns and characteristics
- Pharmacology of substance abuse
- Process of addiction to drugs and alcohol
- Relationship of substance use to crime, health, family, and other social problems
- Treatment resources
After completing an assessment by a licensed/certified professional classes, Healthy Lives will create an individual schedule to accommodate your needs. The required classes can be completed in 1 hour classes that last 12 weeks or 2 hour classes that last 6 weeks.
Cost
- Assessment $125
- 12 week curriculum $40/class
- 6 week curriculum $60/class
Outpatient Treatment (OP)
Healthy Lives licensed professionals will develop a treatment plan that allows you to maintain your current life goals and responsibilities. Individual and Group sessions are scheduled in conjunction with your schedule.
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Healthy Lives licensed professionals will provide group and individual sessions to meet this more intense level of care. Groups are held 4 days a week and individual sessions are held weekly. You will work with peers focused on recovery and collectively find success with addiction.
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
This level of care is the most strict form of outpatient substance abuse treatment programs. Healthy Lives will provide substance abuse treatment to our clients 6-7 days a week. The sessions are developed to educate and motivate all clients to achieve success before transitioning to a lower level of care.
Residential (3.1)
Healthy Lives has multiple locations to provide residential level of care. Our locations are residential homes to make the process of stability and recovery a comfortable transition. All residents receive a medical evaluation and participate in activities on a daily basis to engage in a path to success.
PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM (PRP)
ADULT
Healthy Live serves our clients with the PRP that helps improve mental health. We understand that our clients’ mental well-being
controls how they can live their personal life and how they interact in the community. Our services assist our clients in getting back on
track with a good contribution to society. Healthy Lives assists our clients in being fully independent of their personal and social life.
Healthy Lives believes that PRP can improve our clients in supporting their recovery and the ability to form important decisions and
choices. Our PRP aids in gaining effective control of our clients’ life. The program supports our ADULT clients in:
- Self-Independence
- Self Esteem and Self Image
- Nutrition
- Therapy Compliance
- Wellness management
- Medication Management
- Housing
- Employment
- Legal Referrals
- Education Referrals
- Entitlements
- Budgeting
- Social Skills Development
MINOR
Healthy Lives also emphasizes behavioral improvement. Healthy Lives creates age-appropriate activities and outings to provide
experiences where our clients can practice learned, improved behavior.
Healthy Lives helps to build new healthy group circle that benefits our clients’ social activities.
Our clients are supported in being independently powerful and to take control of their lives.
The program supports our MINOR clients in:
- IEP Support and advocacy
- Transitional Age Support
- Educational Development
- Career Development
- Health promotion and training
- Self Esteem
- Strengthening communication
- Assisting parents and families with obtaining entitlements
MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Medication Management includes evaluation and management of outpatient medications for mental health conditions such as depression, ADHD, anxiety, Bipolar disorder, and others.
Every client has a different personal response to certain medications. This response is affected by different inputs such as the patient’s age, weight, gender, other concurrent conditions, and the combination of other prescribed medications. So achieving optimal medication management relies on the individualization of the therapy and evaluating the response of every patient. And perform modifications as needed.
Our team of professional will help you to manage your medications problems by asking you the following questions.
Are the medications affordable?
If you skip doses of your medication or taking fewer doses because the medication is not available or too expensive, we can help you by providing generic medications or medications that have the same active ingredients but are less expensive.
Do you have secured access to your medications?
After establishing the medication management program for you, we will help you to make sure that the medications are available and refilled at the proper time.
Do you think your medication regimen is too overwhelming?
We will conduct a medication analysis and give a full review of each drug to find a way to simplify your medication regimen.
Do you experience undesirable side effects?
If you experience undesirable side effects, we will help you get a professional consultation to help you overcome side effects by identifying the cause and do the proper modifications.
Employment Services
Healthy Lives provides clients with physical, mental, developmental and sensory challenges an inclusive program for assisting in facing the everyday challenges in the work field. Our employment services aim to utilize our clients’ best skills and interests in finding a suitable job for their capabilities. Healthy lives help our clients in job preparation, planning, and performance enhancement.
Healthy lives provide a series of assessments to a better understanding of our clients’ job matches. These assessments include our client’s likes and dislikes in the work field, also what they are mainly looking for in a job; these assessments aid in evaluating our client’s aptitudes, their work behaviors, and the quality of work they can offer. This evaluation delivers a scheme for the future job match.
Healthy work also ensures skill development for our clients to meet future job opportunities. The skill development process includes:
- Establishing work skills.
- Enhancement of work efficiency.
- Building a job routine.
- Increasing work pressure endurance.
- Creating a comfortable work adaptation.
Our educational services also assist in an in-depth search for the best match job qualities with our clients. Healthy Lives helps clients to develop job-hunting skills. The employment services include:
- How to look for a suitable job?
- How to create/ update a resume?
- How to apply for a job?
- How to handle an interview?
- How to negotiate wages, work hours, and job accommodations?
Healthy Lives offers training for a post-employment process. This training aims for better handling of job responsibilities. Our post-employment program maintains:
- Understanding job responsibilities.
- Finding reasonable solutions for job problems.
- Enhancing work performance.
- Seeking job advancement.
Healthy Lives also offers on-site job coaching. This on-site coaching helps our clients and their work colleagues to create a more friendly work atmosphere. Healthy Lives ensures an ergonomics assessment and disability awareness of its employees.
SUBOXONE
Suboxone contains two active ingredients: Buprenorphine and Naloxone. The combination of the two ingredients works by reducing cravings for opioids such as fentanyl, codeine, heroin, and oxycodone.
Buprenorphine is a partial opioid agonist that works by imitating the action of the opioid but in less potency and less addiction tendency. This helps patients to stop opioids safely without the vigorous withdrawal effects.
Naloxone works by reversing the symptoms of opioids overdose because naloxone is typically an opioid antagonist. Naloxone blocks and reverses the effects that opioids have on the central nervous system. The purpose of combining naloxone with buprenorphine is to prevent patients from overdosing on Suboxone. Naloxone also reduces the risk of relapse by removing the euphoric sensation that is associated normally with opioids.
Healthy Lives prescribes Suboxone on weekly, biweekly, and monthly intervals. Frequency is determined by individual progress and needs.
DDA SERVICES
Healthy Lives understands the difficulty that individuals with developmental disabilities may face when attempting to navigate and contribute to their communities.
Healthy Lives offers individuals with developmental disabilities services that encourage empowerment and involvement within their community to foster a lifestyle towards independence. Our DDA (Developmental Disabilities Administration) programs offer a quality focus improving the lives of our clients.
Healthy Lives offers services to both minor and adult participants.
Employment Services/Supported Employment:
Healthy Lives has designed an Employment/Employment Services Program to aid our persons-served who are looking forward to beginning a career, whether at a full-time or part-time status. Our Employment Program works to increase participant involvement within the professional field through job preparation, workforce development, and employment retention.
Our Employment Services Highlight:
- Assessing personal skills and abilities
- Job retention and growth
- Discussing work goals
- Developing work-related skills
- Successful integration and contribution to workplace culture
- Writing and editing Resumes and Cover Letters
Preparing for interviews
Healthy Lives also offers a helping hand in the self-employment process for those who are looking for establishing a small business.
Personal Supports Services
Healthy Lives offer in-home and community based Personal Support Services. We seek to provide the best level of care to participants while also establishing (when applicable) routines for independence for them to live better lives. Whether in-home or community based, we work hard to implement and achieve the goals set forth by the individual and their team members. We provide training and assistance to participants in the areas including but not limited to:
- Assessing personal skills and abilities
- Hygiene and Grooming
- Cleaning
- Routine development, implementation, adherence
- Skill building
- Social, leisure, recreational activities
- Administer medication(s) when approved and tracking of medication intake
- Budgeting and money management
- Ambulation and transfer
- Community presence and resource acquisition
Community Living and Community Living Enhanced/Residential Services
Healthy Lives offer residential services for participants ages 18 and over. Each Healthy Lives’ home features a shared living experience with 24-hour support staff. Our Community Living Services focuses on maximizing the independence of the participant through specialized, thorough, and patient instruction. Community Living and Community Living Enhanced includes both Transportation and Nursing Support Services. Participants of this service continually engage in community activities and are encouraged to have employment goals and/or other meaningful activities to contribute to their version of a Best Life.
Housing Supports Services
Housing Support Services by Healthy Lives aims to teach our clients how to live independently and be a good tenant. Housing Supports is offered to individuals that are or are ready to live independently in a residence of their own. Through developing an annual Housing Plan, our Housing Support Specialists work with participants to ensure successful integration into their established residences and communities. This service includes but is not limited to:
- Addition to Housing Voucher lists
- Searching and applying for residential units
- In-person and virtual showing of residences
- Credit building assistance
- Benefit applications (SNAP/Food stamps, SSI, SSDI)
- Community exploration
- Community Risks, Hazards, and Safety Assessments
- Tenant/Landlord relations
- Bill payment
- Lease explanation and compliance
- Preventing and resolving evictions
Supported Living Services
Our Supported Living Program seeks to aid participants that live independently and/or in their own residences. Supported Living Services includes both Nursing Support Services and Transportation, when needed by a participant. We offer assistance with daily living routines according to the actual life of the individual. These things include but are not limited to:
- Cooking and Grocery shopping (monitoring food ingestion, where applicable);
- Hygiene and Grooming;
- Cleaning
- Routine development, implementation, adherence
- Skill building
- Social, leisure, recreational activities
- Medical appointments and other appointment accompaniment
- Shopping (online and in person)
- Administer medication(s) when approved and tracking of medication intake
- Ambulation and transfer
- Community exploration
Respite Care Services
Healthy Lives understands the overwhelming experience of the families and caregivers. We know that the family/caregivers of an individual with a developmental disability can face on-going challenges that might interfere with their mental health and other intimate responsibilities. Our Respite Care Services offers parents and caregivers a chance to pass the baton to us for a temporary break from their usual caregiving routine.
Healthy Lives helps the family and/or caregivers to rest, attend to other responsibilities, take a vacation, or simply take a break without the scare of neglect. Our Respite Care Service can help reduce family stress and the likelihood of burnout. We offer both in-home and site-based care.
Nursing Support Services:
Healthy Lives offers the inclusive and caring services of Nurse Delegation and Nursing Case Management. Our service model targets everyday care and routine as well as appropriate interventions in the event of emergencies.
Healthy Lives provides our persons served with a full medical assessment and management of medical needs by establishing an on-going health care plan. Healthy Lives will implement effective and efficient services for better management of the individual and their specific needs.
Healthy Lives also offers 24-hour availability for any nursing care needed.
Day Habilitation Services:
Healthy Lives offers our clients out-of-the-home services that will challenge their skills and abilities for better performance within their lives. Our Day Habilitation Program includes personal and social skill learning that will make our client grow more experienced in the community as well as at home.
Our Day Habilitation service includes but is not limited to:
- Learning basic communication skills (formal and informal)
- Discussing acceptable behaviors within different community settings
- Building a small circle of friends and acquaintances.
- Learning new skills and fortifying ones previously learned
- Learning self-advocacy and asking for help
- Exposure and familiarity to new environments and surroundings
- Learning basic self-responsibilities like personal hygiene and dressing
- Safety and risk assessments
Transportation
Healthy Lives offers transportation services to participants to increase access to resources and maintain independences within their communities. Healthy Lives offers one-way and round trips to the following:
- Places of employment
- Appointments and Meetings
- Family and home visits
- Day Programs
- Services provided by other vendors
Healthy Lives does not provide transportation services solely for errands, recreational, and/or event activities.
Transform Your Life
Each person receives the
individual tools, resources, and
hands-on support needed to
break toxic cycles and feel
optimistic about the future.
“Most programs just send a letter to court. My counselor showed up. That was a BIG help.”
“Most programs just send a letter to court. My counselor showed up. That was a BIG help.”
Transform Your Life
Each person receives the
individual tools, resources, and
hands-on support needed to
break toxic cycles and feel
optimistic about the future.