Roy’s Desert Springs Adult Residential Care
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Roy’s Desert Springs Adult Residential Care (Roy’s) is a 92 bed capacity Adult Residential Care Facility licensed by the State of California Community Care Licensing Division.
Roy’s has established a Wellness Plus Living Program (WPLP) at the county owned facility located at 19531 McLane Street, Palm Springs, CA 92558 (Roy’s Desert Springs). The facility is a longer term, but not permanent, enhanced residential living program.
The WPLP will provide enhanced behavioral health recovery focused supports in addition to basic care and supervision in an adult residential care facility environment.
The target population will be adults ages 18-59 with serious and persistent mental health disorder(s) that significantly impair their ability to live in the community without the services available through the WPLP.
This will include individuals who have reached a level of psychiatric stabilization from an acute or long-term psychiatric facility but require continued community-based support in a supervised residential setting.
These consumers are generally characterized by a history of severe and persistent mental health disorders, which have resulted in significant functional impairments related to their mental health disorder(s).
They typically would be on, or have a history of, LPS conservatorship or may have co-occurring substance use or physical health disorders (such as insulin-dependent diabetes, use of a CPAP device, or ambulation challenges).
These issues often act as barriers to receiving licensed residential services due to the lack of CCL-required waivers, contributing to limited access to community-based support or licensed placement options.
Potential residents are identified by Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health (RUHS-BH), based on their appropriateness for community-based residential care, their need for WPLP-level care, and placement priorities determined by the population census and capacity of higher-level care facilities.
The Program Services for the WPLP, in addition to providing basic care and supervision, will utilize Whole Health Action Management (WHAM), a peer-led program for individuals with chronic physical and behavioral health conditions that promotes self-management to create and sustain new health behaviors.
WHAM provides peer support professionals and volunteers with a format for peer support meetings, where consumers engage in WHAM groups to support one another as they work toward, achieve, and maintain whole health goals.
The skills learned in WHAM help participants engage in self-management and clarify their goals to achieve better overall health and wellness.
Through WHAM, MFI creates a collaborative care model that wraps services around the client and reconnects or connects them to additional necessary services to assist in their transition back to the community.
Collaboration with the client’s external health providers is essential to ensure a “Whole Health” approach in addressing the client’s chronic and severe mental illness and co-morbidity of mental illness and substance use.
The peer support nature of WHAM helps clients acquire self-sufficiency in managing their chronic mental illness. The acquisition of self-management skills enables the client to develop problem-solving and self-efficacy skills required to manage their chronic condition.