where to go for help
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University Resources:
Work/Life Resource Center (WLRC)
The Work/Life Resource Center (WLRC) provides programs and services designed to support the healthy integration of work life and personal life. The WLRC can assist U-M employees with locating child care, care for aging parents, back-up child care (Kids Kare at Home). WLRC can also provide help with work/life balance issues and the design of flexible work schedules. WLRC offers individual consultation both in-person or over the phone, as well as seminars, workshops, presentations, and discussion groups
www.umich.edu/~hraa/worklife
(734) 936-8677
UMHS Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
For health system employees
The UMHS Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a confidential, no cost service for UMHS faculty, staff, and their families as well as U-M staff and faculty located near UMHS. Our goal is to inspire ongoing individual and organizational development, while contributing to the health and well-being of the Health System community. We do this by providing brief counseling and coaching services, mediation services, crisis intervention, assessment and referral, educational and training programs, and supervisory, staff, and team consultation.
hr.umich.edu/mhealthy/programs/mental_emotional/eap.html
(734) 763-5409
Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP)
For campus employees in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, & Flint
The University of Michigan Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP) offers a number of services to help staff, faculty, and their immediate family members with personal difficulties encountered at both work and home. All services are free of charge and confidential and include: short-term counseling on personal, emotional, family and work place issues; personalized coaching services to assist with achieving professional or personal goals; critical incident, trauma and grief counseling; and educational presentations on a variety of emotional and mental health topics.
www.umich.edu/~fasap
Central Campus (734) 936-8660 TTY (734) 647-1388
Flint Campus (734) 936-8660 TTY (734) 647-1388
Dearborn Campus (313) 593-5430
Geriatrics Center and Turner Senior Resource Center
U-M Geriatrics Center’s Social Work & Community Programs aim to help people achieve the highest wellbeing. Our social workers offer individual and group counseling in the clinic to both older adults and family members. A wide range of support groups, educational programs, and peer counseling services are also available. The center also offers daycare for older adults with dementia. Information and support for caregivers is provided by telephone, email and through individual and group sessions.
http://www.med.umich.edu/geriatrics/communityprograms/index.htm
(734) 764-2556
Health Education Resource Center (HERC)
The MFit Health Education Resource Center is a full-service lending library located in the East Ann Arbor Health Center. The HERC has a complete collection of health materials which includes electronic, print, and audiovisual resources. Use the online search feature to locate materials of interest to you. Some information can also be accessed online.
http://www.med.umich.edu/mfit/herc/
(734) 647-5645
Community Resources:
Community Mental Health Services Programs
Mental health services in Michigan are coordinated through local Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs).This website provides an alphabetical list of local CMHSPs. The list includes contact information for your local program.
Community Mental Health Services Programs
Michigan Department of Community Health: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Administration of the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) provides support and services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, people with developmental disabilities, and people with substance use disorders.
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2941---,00.html
517-373-3740
Michigan Mental Health Networker
The Networker website provides listings of mental health therapists, agencies, and support groups in Michigan. The site also provides news articles and other informational resources on mental health topics.
http://mhweb.org/index.html
Support Groups/ Self-Help Groups:
Note: If you don’t find the support group or self-help group you’re looking for, search on the more general sites listed under the Support Groups/ Self-Help Groups category. There are many more potentially relevant groups than can be included here.
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. Our mission is to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected; and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. We provide information, education and support.
Michigan Great Lakes Chapter home page:
http://www.alz.org/mglc/
Support Group listings:
http://www.alz.org/mglc/in_my_community_support.asp
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships and life stages to help transform family caregivers' lives by removing barriers to health and well being.
http://www.nfcacares.org/
Connecting Caregivers:
http://www.nfcacares.org/connecting_caregivers/
U-M Geriatrics Center
The Geriatrics Center is dedicated to providing outstanding educational opportunities, advancing research on the healthcare issues of older adults and providing exemplary multidisciplinary care and services for the older population. We also offer numerous programs and classes to help older adults remain happy, healthy and independent as long as possible.
Support Group listings:
http://www.med.umich.edu/geriatrics/communityprograms/
supportgroups.htm
