Adult Services: Enriching Home Life
Latham Centers' Adult Program is comprised of long-term residential services, shared living placements, and independent supported community living settings. Residents benefit from access to an array of community and social activities as they develop daily living and vocational skills and explore social, volunteer, and paid work opportunities.
Currently, Latham Centers is promoting Shared Living opportunities. The objective of our Shared Living Program is to provide a safe, secure, and enriching home setting in which the individual with unique needs is empowered to develop relationships within the home and the community. The Shared Living provider works on a contract basis with Latham Centers and is compensated monthly with a generous stipend for their services and the needs of the individual in their care.
Shared Living
Shared Living is a unique opportunity for individuals, couples, or families who wish to open their homes and their hearts to an individual with developmental disabilities, age 22 or older. Latham’s Shared Living Providers make a real difference while earning an income.
You Provide:
- A stable and safe living environment.
- Transportation to medical appointments, recreational events, and other community resources.
- Daily support for the individual with developmental disabilities.
You Receive:
- A generous monthly stipend.
- The satisfaction of helping the individual with disabilities reach their full potential.
- Training and ongoing professional support from Latham Centers.
Requirements:
- A spare bedroom in your home that can become the bedroom of the individual.
- You and everyone in your household must pass a background check.
- You must have a clean driving record and reliable vehicle.
- A computer and Internet access.
In our Independent Living Program, our residents reside in their own homes while receiving supports in life management areas uniquely challenging to them. The over-arching goal of both programs is for our adult participants to lead successful lives as independent, engaged members of the community while meeting their changing life needs.
One of the critical steps for students at Latham is making the transition from adolescence to the adult world. “What will it be like when they leave our residential care?” “What kind of life might be possible, and what opportunities would make a difference?” Many of our students and family members have come to us with these kinds of questions.
The Adult Services Supported Community and Shared Living Programs help adult residents and answer these questions and provides residents with hands-on staff guidance, as they learn to make important decisions in their lives while continuing to work toward greater independence. Latham maintains Supported Community and Shared Living homes in local residential neighborhoods, close to health-care facilities. Residents might live with several housemates, in an apartment with another housemate, or in their own apartment. Some of the young adults initially require 24-hour support, seven days a week, while others need less. Levels of support are based on each person’s individual needs and goals.
All receive well-rounded exposure to a range of life experiences; for instance, caring for themselves and their homes, finding employment and doing well in a job, doing their own banking, grocery shopping and cooking, having fun in the community and meeting people with whom they can safely form healthy, long-term relationships. Individuals’ goals are driven by their own interests and tastes. Staff works with them to reach these goals, helping them to become as self-sufficient as possible.
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Adult Residential Program Admissions
Latham's Adult Residential Program Culture
Located in Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, Latham provides community living opportunities for adults with disabilities including Prader-Willi Syndrome. Latham Centers is licensed by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), and our Adult Programs offer vocational, residential, social and clinical resources. We provide residential programming for developmentally disabled adults aged 21 and older who need individualized supports in a community-based, residential environment. Latham’s Adult Programs provide staff supported, life-enriching social, educational, and vocational activities to the residents, continually working toward greater independence.
Adult Living Opportunities
- Group home community residences serving 4-5 adults;
- Shared Living community residences each serving 1 adult;
- Independent Living serving adults living in community apartments and condominiums;
- Individualized services to meet each individual’s unique needs. Support ranges from intensive 24-hour supervision to drop-in case management;
- Community-based health providers;
- Access to community-based day programming.
Individuals Receive:
- Support from our caring and highly trained staff;
- Assistance with daily routines, community integration, and behavioral therapies.
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We work with all families and funding sources to ensure an in-depth understanding of our programs and admissions process. We encourage those interested in learning more to schedule a visit with our Admissions Department.
ADULt Admissions
Community Living Opportunities
Located in Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, Latham provides community living opportunities for adults with disabilities including Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Latham Centers is licensed by the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), and our Adult Programs offer vocational, residential, social and clinical resources.
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