Access Services
Screening services are designed to determine the services
and programs that are appropriate for the patient.
Special attention is given to the coordination of
referrals and authorizations for treatment.
In-Patient Treatment
Services are provided through a contractual agreement
with Metropolitan Psychiatric Center, St. Louis
Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Hawthorn Children's
Psychiatric Hospital, and other hospitals in the St.
Louis area. Our psychiatrists are on staff at various
private hospitals in the area.
Emergency Services
Through a contract with Behavioral Health Response,
Hopewell contracts for twenty four hour telephone
service and mobile outreach. Hopewell Center has a crisis bed
for stabilization.
Supportive Community Living Program
This program provides a wide range of supportive living
arrangements and offers monitoring,
treatment, placement, and community organization
services to psychiatric patients living in nursing,
boarding, residential, group, and cooperative apartments
in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. The focus is
directed toward ensuring safe and appropriate housing
and quality of care as well as
preventing psychiatric and medical readmission.
Pharmacy On-Site
Hopewell has contracted to have an on-site pharmacy for
patient convenience in securing medications. This
service assists patients in complying with treatment.
Consultation and Education (C&E)
These services provide consultation education and information to
residents and citizen groups. The role of C&E includes
educating the general public on the concept of mental
health and treatment and how treatment can be helpful
and accepted if an individual's cultural background and
history are respected in the mental health arena on the
local, state, and national level.
Transportation
Provided for clients who need transportation assistance
in order to access treatment services.
Medicaid Eligibility Screening
Through a contract with the Missouri Department of Social
Services, eligibility screenings are done at Hopewell
Center for clients to
determine their eligibility for Medicaid.
Referral Services
Clients who are not eligible for services at Hopewell
Center are provided with appropriate referrals to other
community agencies and providers. Clients who are
treated at Hopewell may be referred to other entities
for other treatment needs.
Interpretation for Deaf or Hearing Impaired
and Foreign Language Clients
Provide interpreters to facilitate communication between
deaf/hearing-impaired clients and hearing staff, and
those clients who do not understand English.
Aftercare Transitional
This program provides services for persons with a
serious mental illness who are at risk for repeated
hospital admission, frequent use of the emergency room
and crisis hotline/mobile outreach. This program also
provides services for individuals who suffer from acute
emotional disorders. The program provides services to
stabilize treatment gains through case management,
coordination of support services in the home and
community, and medication services. This program is
designed to keep the treatment focus in an outpatient
setting rather than emergency rooms and inpatient
facilities.
Respite Care
Respite care provides temporary relief for caregivers
from the responsibility of caring for an individual with
mental illness, or who may be at risk of abuse or
neglect from the individual in their care. Respite may
help to decrease caregiver stress and delay or eliminate
the need for the institutionalization of the person
receiving care. |