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Rossmoor Counseling ServicesLocated in Gateway Clubhouse
Meet The Rossmoor Counseling Team
3 Full-time Licensed Clinical Staff
1 Full-time Administrative Staff
Penny Reed, LCSW Supervisor of Rossmoor Counseling Services
Penny Reed is a licensed clinical social worker with expertise in geriatrics, mental health concerns, and the impact of chronic disease on an individual and their loved ones.
Jasmine Hajyan, LCSW Jasmine is a licensed clinical social worker and joined
our team in 2016. She has been a Social Worker for over 10 years with a background in Hospice care.
Jill Meyers, LMFT Jill Meyers is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who
joined Rossmoor Counseling in July of 2018. Jill’s clinical experience includes work in hospice, bereavement counseling, and community mental health.
Florence Clifton
Florence Clifton recently joined Rossmoor Counseling Services as the Administrative Assistant. A Business and Economics major, she received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of the Philippines in 1995.
Mission StatementThe mission of Rossmoor Counseling Services is to assist Rossmoor residents to achieve life satisfaction and maintain independence.
Counseling Services are:
Confidential
Voluntary
No fees
Clinical Services
Brief Individual Therapy
Brief Couples or Family Therapy
Therapeutic services are solution-focused and time-limited.
What to expect when scheduling a session.
When contacting the Counseling Office, you will likely reach Flo.
Flo will assign a clinician to you. You will be transferred to that clinician to schedule an appointment.
Most appointments are set within a week of the first call.
Sessions last about 50 minutes.
Clinician helps client to tell their story and establish goals for therapy.
Follow-up appointment is made if necessary.
Some of the issues Counseling Services
assists with
LonelinessAdjustment/
Transitionissues
Long-termplanning
Caregiver Stress Bereavement Financial
Problems
Coping with Medical
Problems
Safety Issues/Health
Hazard
Problems with Neighbors
Anxiety Depression Relationship Issues
Suicidal thoughts
Alcohol and drug issues
Co-dependency
Rossmoor Counseling facilitates several support groups:
Autobiography Group
Bereavement Support
Cultivating Friendship
Transitions Support
Caregiver Support
SixSix-week group
A group to help motivate residents to start the process of writing their memoirs. Writing topics and writing guides are provided and participants are encouraged to share their writings with the group.
Autobiography Group
photo
Six-week group
This group helps residents who are struggling after the loss of a loved one. The focus is on the idea that one is forever changed by their loss and getting over it is a myth. Participants access encouragement from the facilitator and each other to begin thinking about what their life may look like in the future.
Bereavement Support Group
photo Six-week group
This group is designed to help residents establish a core group of friends and contacts. Some of the topics discussed are learning to love yourself, taking risks, and creating healthy boundaries.
Cultivating Friendship Group
photo Six-week group
This group is for single women new to Rossmoor. Moving to Rossmoor as a single, divorced, or widowed woman is a unique experience that creates unexpected hardships. The focus is to establish connection among the women in the group based on shared experience and struggle.
Transitions Support Group
photo On-going, drop-in group
This group is for residents caregiving for a loved one suffering from dementia. The facilitator provides education about dementia and encourages participants to share their experiences and lend support to one another.
Caregiver Support Group
Peer Led Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous
Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group
Al-Anon Support Group
Prostate Cancer Support Group
Hearing Loss Support Group
Low Vision Support Group
Information and Referral Services
Our clinicians are well-versed in resources available to residents in Contra Costa County.
Part of every assessment is determining what community resources a resident could access to increase support and independence.
Resources maintained in Counseling Services
Some of the agencies we work with:
Adult Protective Services
Alzheimer’s Association
Advisory Counsel on
Aging
Contra Costa County HICAP
Diablo Valley Foundation
In-Home Care Agencies
Jewish Family & Community
Services
John Muir Senior Services
Meals on Wheels and
Senior Outreach Services
Rossmoor Fund Senior Legal Services
UC Davis Alzheimer’s
Center
• Rossmoor Fund Grant Applications
• Respite Care Program
• Safeway Gift Cards
• Optimum Wellness Lecture Series
Rossmoor Fund and Counseling Services Programs
Counseling Clinicians are trained in basic mediation. Rossmoor counseling provides mediation services to residents of Rossmoor often at the bequest of mutual directors.
Mediation Services
How many people do our services reach?
Neighbor Concerns and
support to Mutual Directors
Residents can contact the Counseling Office when they are concerned with and/or frustrated with their neighbor.
Our department works with the Mutual directors, residents, families, and community resources to help resolve the issue.
Support to Golden Rain
Foundation Staff
Golden Rain staff know they can contact our office when they have a concern about a resident.
Our department provides training on coping with challenging people .
Home Visits
Therapy in the home
Long-term planning with families
Drop-in visits for at-risk residents
Family Consultationand Care Planning
Our staff works with residents and families to help seniors age safely in place or move to a higher level of care.
Long-term care planning tools
POLST Form The 5 wishesAdvanced health care
directive
Emergency medical
information forms
Rossmoor Emergency
Contact Sheets
Survivor’s 1st
yearAnswer Book for
passwords
Medic alert ID bracelets order
form
Hospice vs Palliative info
sheet
In-home care agencies
Placement agencies
Special Events
Optimum Wellness Lecture
Series
1. Maintaining Quality of Life Throughout our Medical Journey
2. Hospice vs. Palliative Care When Caring for Someone with Dementia
3. Healthy Sleep & Aging: Updates and Tips to Improve Sleep
4. Tech-wise Seniors: Gadgets to Help You Age in Place
5. Creating Healthy Boundaries with Difficult People
6. Emotional and Legal Protections for the Family Caregiver
7. Using Speech & Physical Therapy to Stay Independent at Home
2020 Optimum Wellness Lecture Series Topics
300 to 400 attendees
35 community vendors
Cooking demos
Health assessments
Raffle prizes
Exercise demonstrations
Breakfast and lunch provided
Fall Prevention Week Safe ways to fall and get up
Balance and gait
Proper usage of canes
Technology to reduce falls
Parkinson’s interventions
Osteoporosis and Falls
Foot Care
Emergency Response Systems
Fitness Center Fall prevention classes
The Men’s Conference Started in 2014 by Penny Reed
Focus on community and friendship.
Creation of 11 Independent Men’s groups in Rossmoor.
Creation of Men of Rossmoor Club that meets every Thursday.
The Women’s ConferenceRossmoor Counseling has been coordinating the Women’s Conference since 1999.
The Women’s Committee is integral in finding our speaker each year.
Expressions of Gratitude
Therapeutic Sessions for 2020Sessions done by phone or Zoom starting March 17,2020
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