Dementia Care
12 April, 2021
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Our Alzheimer’s day care services are provided by the “Community Assistance Program for Seniors,” including stimulation and socialization for persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.
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TeleMental Health
Providing expert mental health services via telehealth across the state of California addressing loneliness and isolation as risk factors for mental health concerns. Medicare is necessary at this time except in Los Angeles county.
Mass Shootings Support
Together for Wellness | Mental Health and Wellness Tips for Today (ucla.edu)
https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/mass-violence
Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH): Overview
- The DDH (call or text 1-800-985-5990; press “2” for Spanish) provides crisis counseling and support for anyone in the U.S. experiencing distress or other behavioral health concerns related to any natural or human-caused disaster. Calls, texts, and Videophone calls for Deaf or Hard of Hearing American Sign Language users are answered by a network of independently-operated crisis centers around the country, who provide psychological first aid, emotional support, crisis assessment and intervention, and referrals to local/state behavioral health services for follow-up care & support. The DDH is a program of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) administered by the not-for-profit Vibrant Emotional Health.
Local Crisis Support Resources
- The Disaster Distress Helpline is a sub-network of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which is also administered by Vibrant for SAMHSA. Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (dial or text 988; Didi Hirsch also offers direct, local support in Korean 4:30pm-12:30am PT every day at 1-877-727-4747; learn more @ https://didihirsch.org/services/suicide-prevention/crisis-services/) is the Lifeline-networked crisis center that serves Monterey Park, CA.
- Didi Hirsch is also a DDH-networked call center, receiving DDH calls from anywhere in the U.S., including in Spanish. If contacts from Didi Hirsch may be needed for additional coordination of disaster mental health services in response to this event, email ddh@vibrant.org and we will follow up.
- SAMHSA DDH Incidents of Mass Violence distress risk factors and warning signs + resources for coping
- After an incident of mass violence, it’s common to feel anxious, overwhelmed, isolated, or depressed. You’re not alone: The national@Distressline 1-800-985-5990 offers 24/7 confidential, multilingual, crisis & emotional support
Hate Crimes
Report hate, discrimination or bullying and receive referrals to support services by dialing 2-1-1 or live chat.