OUR PHILOSOPHY
The Dr. Fernandez Home is a private long-term community residential rehabilitation program designed to meet the special needs of people suffering from severe and persistent mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other major mental illnesses. The Community is housed within several adjoining assisted living residences.
The Rehabilitation Program provides highly specialized training for individuals with schizophrenia bipolar disorder and other major mental illnesses. The program emphasizes the development of cognitive skills and motivation as the foundation for more productive and satisfying daily lives.
Neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques are applied in a very structured environment throughout the treatment. The program aims to enable patients to experience success and gradually build upon these successes to empower the patients and improve their adaptive functioning.