Type of Service

Services Provided

Types of conditions that would warrant service

Medical

MORC Psychiatrists provide evaluation and medication monitoring.

Severe, persistent, or complicated symptoms of mental illness combined with a developmental disability

Nursing

MORC nurses assist in the coordination of care, health promotion and preventative services, hospitalization, aftercare and education.

• Diabetes management
• Wound care
• Feeding tubes
• Polypharmacy
• Multiple health issues

Psychology

Psychologists provide cognitive or emotional assessments, positive behavioral supports, family/caretaker training, coordination with psychiatry and other disciplines and individual, group and family therapy.

• Guardianship testing
• Eligibility determination.
• Co-occurring mental illness such as anxiety disorder, depression, impulse control disorder, substance abuse, etc.
• Behavioral challenges that result in the potential for injuring self or others
• Sudden deteriorating change in behavior/skills

Social work counseling

Social work counselors provide individual, group or family therapy, sometimes in conjunction with a psychologist.

• Grief and loss
• Dysfunctional relationships
• Sexuality issues
• Trauma of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse

Speech and Language

Speech and Language Therapists assess and provide treatment to individuals with speech, language, hearing, and/or swallowing disorders.

• Problems with speech articulation, volume or fluency
• The need for Augmentative Alternative Communication (ACC) devices due to being nonverbal or having another neurological disease, such as cerebral palsy.
• Closed head injuries, aphasia, or any of the dementias.
• Swallowing disorders

Nutrition

Registered Dietitians assess and treat complex nutritional needs of individuals. They also assist in coordination of care, health promotion, preventative services, hospitalization aftercare, and education.

• Obesity
• Malnutrition
• Diabetes or kidney disease
• Swallowing disorders
• Tube feeding
• Heart problems
• Stomach or digestive problems
• Pressure ulcers

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapists assist individuals in establishing, restoring, or maintaining as much independence as possible. They evaluate the ability to perform daily living skills and the presence of environmental barriers.

• Physical disabilities
• Swallowing disorders
• Change in health status as the result of a stroke, injury, disease or amputation where fine and/or gross motor skills are affected
• Behavioral challenges that result in the potential to injure self or others where the behavioral support plan is not effective.