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Elderly

MHRA's Resident Services programs continue to serve as model efforts in improving the quality of life for assisted housing households; providing supportive services to help avoid premature institutionalization of the elderly and persons with disabilities; providing health assessments and education; offering sports and educational activities to low income youth; and empowering low income families through economic and educational opportunities.

MHRA's Congregate Services Program (CSP) and Supportive Services Program (SSP) both provide a residential environment for elderly and persons with disabilities who need different levels of assistance with certain activities of daily living. Designed to allow participants to maintain an independent lifestyle, CSP and SSP provide services such as meals, housekeeping, health information, personal assistance, transportation, and case management to help avoid the need for nursing home or other institutional care.

MHRA's Kalivas, Gallen, Pariseau, O'Malley, and Burns Highrises, as well as the Mary Gale and Brown School Apartments, are the sites of MHRA's pioneering and widely acclaimed CSP and SSP efforts, which utilize both federal and state funds, as well as Low Income Housing Tax Credit and private foundation funding, to provide services to residents of a total of nearly 190 public housing and leased housing units.

A wide variety of Resident Enrichment, Health and Wellness, and Elderly Outreach programs round out MHRA’s services to elders. The Authority’s innovative Pocketbook Therapy initiative has resulted in an aggregate savings of over $1,500,000 on prescription drugs and other health care costs for a total of over 750 seniors since the program’s inception in 2003.