Description

Eligibility: Anyone who has a mental illness that has reached a point where the patient requires court intervention (any age).Service: Provides supervision to involuntarily hospitalized mental health patients--including the treatment they would receive both inpatient and outpatient. Protects the rights and interests of mental health patients during treatment. AKA: noneBackground Checks: Performed on employees.Comments:* Advocate follows patients while they are recieving treatment (whether it in a hospital, home, facility - anywhere in the State of Iowa). * If patient goes out of State, they refer to out of state of advocate.* 24 hour answering machine during non-office hours.For additional information, please call the provider directly or LifeLong Links at 866-468-7887 to be connected with a Specialist at your local Agency on Aging.

Services

and Senior Advocacy Groups