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Residential Services

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County’s (ucpn) Residential Program offers a variety of life style options in Nassau County for adults with developmental disabilities. Since the inception of the program individualized and personalized service has been the primary mission of the program. The residential team focuses on the person not the disability in an effort to provide both a home-like and integrated living environment. During each step of the planning process individuals are encouraged to participate. Whether it’s picking out the carpet and paint colors for their bedrooms or choosing service providers, ucpn strives to create environments that encourage personal growth, independence and choice.

The program operates a variety of living options including Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF’s), Individualized Residential Alternatives (IRA’s) and Independent Living Environments with a wide array of support services that are designed to enable persons receiving services to make the most of living and working in the community.

Intermediate Care Facility

In addition to the 48-bed ICF in Bayville, ucpn operates two smaller ICF’s in the community of Roosevelt. In addition to the residence management team and direct care services 24/7, the ICF has a primary care physician, full-time nursing, and clinical services located on site. The intent of the program is to assist individuals to develop skills that will assist them in achieving a higher level of independence.

Individualized Residential Alternative



At present ucpn operates two types of IRA’s, supported and supervised. The supported IRA’s are located in the towns of Baldwin and Long Beach. Each three-bed home is designed to serve individuals that are able to live on their own with a minimum level of support. Both homes are within walking distance from public transportation and large shopping districts. Personal care aides assist the individuals in their activities of daily living while ucpn staff provide residential habilitation training, service coordination and facility maintenance. Both settings are fully accessible and are connected to a central response station for emergency situations.

The supervised settings are located in the towns of East Meadow, Plainview, Bethpage, Wantagh, Bellmore, Seaford, Freeport, Levittown and Farmingdale. In addition to spacious living areas and landscaped yards, each residence has specialized features ranging from ramped entranceways to strobe lights to roll-in showers depending on the needs of the persons receiving services. The bedrooms are personalized, home-like and decorated in color schemes chosen by the persons receiving services. Residence staff provides medical, transportation, recreation and habilitation services around the clock.

Independent Living

These settings are way ahead of their time. Simply put they are “The next best thing to home.” The three residences located in East Meadow, Baldwin and Long Beach each serve two to three individuals. Since the homes opened nearly twelve years ago, the individuals served have developed successful independent lives in their communities. Whether they spent their time earning a college degree, finding employment in the community or volunteering at a local college, the individuals living in these residences truly have achieved a level of independence once thought impossible for persons with developmental disabilities.

Oversight

A committee comprised of ucpn board members, individuals and family members regularly schedule visits to meet with the individuals in their homes to ensure that the agency’s philosophy of providing quality residential services is being carried forth. In addition the residential services management team is on-call 24/7 to oversee emergencies, investigate incidents, provide training and ensure adequate staffing. Most importantly, families and friends of the individuals are always welcomed as are their suggestions for quality improvements.

Residential Development

The following residences are under construction:
Greenvale Lane
Arrow Lane

This is a very exciting time for the residential development team as renovations have just finished renovations on the three of six newly planned residences. The homes located in Roosevelt, Levittown (2) Freeport, Farmingdale and Hicksville have each been designed to serve six individuals. All of the settings will be equipped with accessible entrances, large, spacious community areas, roomy bedrooms, private treatment rooms, adapted bathrooms and specialized lighting. All of the residences will have fire alarm sprinkler systems and around the clock awake staff to ensure the safety of the individuals served.

Long-Term Strategic Planning

The Residential Services Long Term Strategic planning committee, comprised of board members, family members, individuals and agency staff meets monthly to ensure that the department’s planning objectives are being met. Presently the committee is working on a number of goals including; streamlining the screening and admission process for new applicants, planning new development and refining the satisfaction survey process. The administrative oversight in conjunction with the diverse membership of the committee ensures that the agency’s mission is being adequately represented by the planning committee.

Applying for Residential Services

For information regarding eligibility requirements or for an application for residential services, please contact Cheryl Solomito, Director of Residential Services, by e-mail at csolomito@ucpn.org or by phone at (516) 377- 2040.