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Bill Wilson
Executive Director

2501 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Public: (714) 957-5000
TDD: (714) 957-5512

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Residential Programs

Program 1: Acute Care, Continuing Medical Care and Physical Development

Program 1 provides medical and nursing services including acute and skilled nursing care to improve individuals' overall physical and mental well being and prevent deterioration of health due to chronic medical problems. Individuals are provided opportunities to increase skills as they maintain abilities and develop. Most require assistance with their personal care and utilize adaptive equipment and/or staff assistance for translocation and mobility.

Program 2: Nursing Services and Physical Development

Program 2 serves individuals who require medical and nursing services on a daily basis to sustain, restore or improve their physical well being while focusing on providing care, treatment and training for individuals in a comfortable, stress-free environment. Individuals in Program 2 may be ambulatory or non-ambulatory, have multiple physical challenges and require assistance in daily living needs.

Program 4: Behavioral and Life Skills Development

Program 4 assists individuals in accepting responsibility for their own actions and making appropriate choices, being more independent in financial planning and job skills, learning to provide for their own health care needs and successfully transitioning to a less structured living arrangement. Training is provided in self-care, communication, socialization, leisure, vocational and educational services.

Program 5: Adolescent Life Skills and Adult Personal Awareness and Social Skills Development

Program 5 helps individuals become as independent as possible and prepare them to transition to a more self-reliant living arrangement. Many individuals require some guidance to complete tasks in the area of personal care. Services are also provided in the areas of communication, vocation, leisure, education and transforming challenging behaviors into acceptable forms of expression.

Program 6: Life Skills Development

Program 6 assists individuals to acquire functional skills, improve their behavioral skills, and develop communication skills to better express their needs and desires. In addition, assistance is provided for managing the stress of every day life and raising the individuals' level of physical, mental and social awareness. The program generally serves older adults, some having medical/physical limitations requiring the use of wheelchairs.

Central Program Services

Central Program Services coordinates educational, vocational, and recreational services at Fairview. Services include special and adult education, assistive technology, speech and audiology services, vocational workshops, special activities, Special Arts, Special Olympics, barber and beauty shop, religious services, volunteer services and the Foster Grandparent/Senior Companion Program.

 
 
Last Updated: 10/23/2007