Services, Support, Caregiver Support Services available at SMPDD - Area Agency on Aging of Southern Mississippi

Family Caregiver Support Program:

This program includes information to caregivers about available
services, assistance to caregivers in gaining access to services,
individual counseling, organization of support groups and caregiver
training to assist caregivers in making decisions and solving problems relating to their caregiving roles, and supplemental respite services
to complement care by caregivers. The services are provided to the
caregiver.

Caregiver is defined as:

1) any individual, regardless of age, providing care for a person 60
years of age or older, or 2) a grand parent or other relative, 60
years of age or older, caring for a child 18 years of age or younger.

Caregiver Counseling:

Provides an opportunity for the caregiver to receive one on one
guidance and instruction about options and methods for providing
support to caregivers in an individual or group setting. The
caregiver and professional develop a treatment plan to work through
issues related to caregiver stress, burnout, role overload, grief
and many other caregiving related issues.

Support Groups:

Provided by caregiver counselling providers. Is a group of caregivers
with same or similar need(s) meeting with a professional for discussion, guidance, advice, and best practices to work through issues related to caregiver stress, burnout, role overload, grief, and many other
caregiving related issues.

Available in all counties:

University of Southern Mississippi - Institute of Disability Studies:
Phone: (601) 266-5163

Services the following counties: Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion, and
Perry County

Smith and Smith Associates:
Phone: (601) 466-3748 or (800) 784-1464

Services the following counties: Covington, George, Greene, Hancock,
Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Pearl River, Stone, and Wayne
County

Grandparent Counseling:

Recognizes the needs fo grandparents caring for grandchildren and
for caregivers of those 18 and under with mental retardation or
developmental difficulties and the diverse needs of Native
Americans.

Available in Forrest, Jones, and Covington County

Pinebelt Association for Families
Phone: (601) 582-0909

Respite:

Provides temporary relief time for the regular of primary caregiver
(spouse, child, relative) of an ill, frail, infirmed, functionally
impaired older individual or dementia patient that requires constant
in home care.

The purpose of respite care is to:

prevent, delay, or avoid premature or unnecessary institutionilization
prevent elder abuse
prevent or reduce physical and emotional stress on the family
give the primary caregiver some much needed personal time away from home
and caregivers role
prevent caregiver's burnout
give the caregiver an interval of rest from the burden of constant care

Available in all counties
Nursing Manangement Inc.

Gulfport Office
Phone: (228) 385-9196 or (800) 448-3634

Services the following counties: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson County.

Hattiesburg Office
Phone: (601) 584-9196 or (800) 448-3634

Services the following counties: Forrest and Jones County.

Oxford Health Care

Gulfport Office
Phone: (228) 896-8117 or (800) 664-8031

Services the following counties: George, Pearl River, and Stone County.

Hattiesburg Office
Phone: (601) 584-8811 or (800) 824-4649

Services the following counties: Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar,
and Marion County.

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