Community Partners
Community Partnerships
Building community partnerships is essential to the Fuqua Center’s mission of:
- Increasing community awareness regarding mental illness in older adults in order to decrease stigma
- Improving older adults access to mental health services
Our main strategies include educating partners and the broader community in mental health issues and identifying and implementing evidence-based programs shown to improve mental health outcomes in older adults. We currently collaborate with a number of organizations responsible for serving older adults, organizations that have access to older adults, and organizations that have expertise or need expertise in serving older adults.
Linkages
Our partnerships allow us to provide organizations or individuals in the community with links to:
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Dual Diagnosis Services
- In-home Psychiatric Services
- Mental Health Counseling
- Mental Health Hotlines
- Mental Health Inpatient Services
- Outpatient Evaluation/Treatment
- Psychiatric Day Treatment
- Substance Abuse Services
- Suicide Prevention Hotlines
- Therapist Referrals
Continuum of Care
Our partnerships are also created to build a continuum of care for older adults by integrating mental health considerations into programs and services, including:
- Medicaid Waiver program
- Adult Protective Services/Guardianship program
- Low-income housing
- Training of senior center staff and case managers
- Older Adult Peer Support Specialists
- Full coordination and delivery of case and disease management services
- Trainings in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
- Georgia Telemedicine Program
Know Where To Go
- Find service locations in or near your community
- Use our Resource Network
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- Offer your support and Make a Donation
