PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital’s Intensive Outpatient Program for people age 65 and older is now accepting new patients.
Designed to help seniors through the aging process and accompanying loss, health changes and other challenges, the program is designed to help seniors learn to navigate and cope in healthy ways. Participants learn ways to improve mental health, gain peer support and develop goals.
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Led by a specialty team, the program makes use of cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy, and provides group therapy as well. Opportunities for interactions with peers, along with individual counseling, are also available.
Ultimately, the program’s goal is to help seniors get back on track by regaining confidence and a life balance along with others of a similar age.
The program meets Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., with an average treatment period of about three to four weeks, although team members work with participants to determine the appropriate length of time.
One recent participant says he looked forward each week to the program, where the welcoming environment made it easy to meet new people.
“For me, it filled social need. I enjoyed making new friends who were going through the same transitions I was,” said Rob Mariani, 79, of Bristol. “As we age, we lose friends, end our careers and go into retirement. Your life changes, but that doesn’t change who you are. This program showed me some interesting ways to continue navigating the aging process.”
For additional information about the program, click here or contact Sheila Russell, director of partial hospital and intensive outpatient services, at 401-455-6672 or sarussell@Butler.org.
