Programs

Care Management:

By utilizing a variety of supportive services, Ursuline Senior Services care managers enable older adults remain in their homes and maintain their independence. Care managers assist older adults with a variety of care needs, from those who may need only occasional assistance with housekeeping to individuals who require more intensive or skilled care.

Care managers utilize services available through the following programs to address the needs of the consumer with whom they work: OPTIONS, INTENSIVE CARE MANAGEMENT, FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM, and INFORMATION & REFERRAL. Service plans are individual and updated regularly to ensure optimal benefit to the recipient.

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Protective Services:

Ursuline Senior Services' Protective Services program identifies older adults who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect and exploitation. These abuses can take the form of self-neglect, caregiver neglect, abandonment, or physical, emotional, and financial distress. Our staff investigates all allegations of abuse, and through working with various resources, develops a plan to correct the situation.

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Guardianship Services:

Ursuline Senior Services’ established its guardianship program through a contract with the Allegheny County Department of Aging. This program primarily serves persons who are 60+ in age, low income, are not initially institutionalized and meet the Department of Aging criteria. Today, Ursuline Senior Services is the only agency in Allegheny County to provide such services for this segment of the population. As part of the county contract, Ursuline Senior Services operates a Court Support Program, and also maintains a contract with Kane Regional Nursing Centers to provide services to appropriate residents in their facilities.

Additional to this county-contracted activity, Ursuline Senior Services provides a broad array of guardianship to clients who do not meet the criteria for services both inside and out of Allegheny County. These services are provided through our Private Guardianship and supported by the availability of our Special Needs Trust. We also provide services to individuals residing throughout the southwestern Pennsylvania area and the Cambria County nursing home (Laurel Crest) as well.

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Money Management Program:

Ursuline Senior Services’ AARP Money Management Program, sponsored by the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging, assists low-income elderly persons who have difficulty with their financial affairs and have problems maintaining their finances.

Following a national model developed by AARP, this program matches trained volunteers with seniors that need help budgeting and assuring their bills are paid on time. The volunteers prepare bills for payment, assist with checking writing, and balance checkbooks. One of the core concepts of the program is to keep seniors financially independent while assuring that all their monthly obligations are met.

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Service Coordination:

With nearly 25 years experience working with seniors, Ursuline Senior Services was poised to meet and face the challenges apparent in present-day public housing facilities, the agency’s newest program offering. The addition of service coordination was a natural extension of the existing array of services provided to the elderly throughout our community.

In addition to information and referral, advocacy, and linking individuals to community resources, the service coordinators throughout the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, working with the residents, arrange recreational activities, health supports, and produce monthly newsletters. Service coordinators also arrange informational and educational presentations for residents.

In addition to information and referral, advocacy, and linking individuals to community resources, the service coordinators throughout the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, working with the residents, arrange recreational activities, health supports, and produce monthly newsletters. Service coordinators also arrange informational and educational presentations for residents.

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