EIKOS is a psychiatric community residence which provides an integrated array of services for people with mental illness who need a group home setting:
Room:
- Four houses in safe convenient locations: Cleveland Circle, Coolidge Corner, and the Boston College area
- Singles or doubles with compatible housemates
- Ability to accommodate both independent clients and those needing more staff and structure
Board:
- Delicious, nutritious home cooked meals in the main house on Commonwealth Avenue -- breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack - available for residents of all houses
- Assistance with special diets (for diabetes, cholesterol, weight control, etc.)
- Alternative meal plan: shopping, cooking and eating independently with housemates in the staffed apartments
Internal Day Program
- Welcoming, flexible, focused on inclusion, building warm relationships among residents and creating a climate of success
- Includes daily morning meeting, morning group, lunch, afternoon group, early evening groups, weekend groups
- Full participation in up to 20 groups/week, or pick and choose as many or as few groups as you wish
- "Topic" groups such as arts, discussion, recovery, laundry, exercise, "coffee talk"
- "Constituency" groups: women, men, young adults, mature adults, smoking cessation etc.
- Weekly trips to movies, malls, swimming, museums, etc.
Medication Administration
Each resident has a personal psychiatrist outside of EIKOS who prescribes medication
- Staff trained and certified by DPH/DMR/DMH Medication Administration Program
- Department of Mental Health and Department of Public Health reviewed and licensed med system for filling, storing, administering and tracking all meds including
- Ongoing consultation with prescribing physicians
Counseling:
Each EIKOS resident has at least one staff member who is their counselor or advisor and meets with him or her at least once a week, sometimes almost daily- All staff trained in counseling with ongoing supervision
- Ad hoc counseling available almost all the time
House Meetings, Community Meetings and Celebrations
- House coordinator meets weekly with members of each household
- Monday Community Meetings led by the Executive Director include all EIKOS residents from all four houses followed by community dinner
- Celebrations: Cookouts, special celebrations of Hanukkah, Christmas, Easter etc.
Treatment Planning
- Program specific treatment plan for each resident
- High degree of individualization for wide variety of needs, ages, abilities
Liaison Work:
- Executive Director, Program Director and Chief Counselor act as bridges and sensitive liaisons
- Liaison work includes family, therapists, doctors, special services, employers, legal system, schools etc.
