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Services: Investigates known or suspected homicides and suicides, deaths associated with accidental causes, unattended deaths and deaths that signal the threat of danger to public health and safety.

International aid organization that provides food, clean water and supplies by holding community outreaches, rendering aid to disaster victims, and implementing sustainability and nutrition programs in more than 100 countries.

Assisted Daily Living, Inc. provides clients with a wide array of services designed to ensure superior patient care in the familiar comfort of home, often providing a happier and more affordable alternative to nursing, or assisted living facilities. Services can be arranged for a few hours a week or around the clock. ADL begins by reviewing the specific needs of the client through discussions with family members, as well as the care recipient's doctor, social workers or therapists. A customized program of care is developed to manage the client's daily needs. ADL will match the clients needs to the best possible caregiver, based on both professional experience and on ability characteristics. Basic Health Monitoring: Skin - monitor for signs of breakdown, apply pressure reduction measures; Nutrition - monitor weight, nutritional intake, adhere to dietary restrictions; Vital Signs - take blood pressure, temperatures, pulses and respirations. Report abnormalities to physician; Intake / Output - encourage adequate fluids, monitor fluid intake and urine output; Lab Monitoring - perform prescribed blood work and report results to physician; Diet - prepare special prescribed diets, encourage compliance with restrictions; Glucose Monitoring - check blood glucose per orders, report results to physician; Insulin - teach administration of insulin per prescribed regime, follow-up and report compliance to physician. Diabetes: New Diabetic - teach special skin care, insulin injection technique, blood glucose monitoring, hypo/hyperglycemia and related emergency protocol. Medication Management: When capable - remind to take medications and follow-up; When Forgetful - give oral medications prepared by responsible party and follow-up; Supplies - manage supply of prescriptions to have all meds on-hand; Teaching - instruct new medications or monitor changes in regime per plan of care, assess response, side effects and adverse reactions. Catheters (Foley Indwelling and External): New Catheter - teach drainage bag changes and cleaning, securing tubing, trouble shooting dislodged catheters placement, blockages, drainage amounts; Ostomies - Colostomy, Urostomy Changes - insert catheter per authorized plan of care and as needed; New Ostomy - teach ostomy care, preventive skin care, troubleshooting; Care - assist with ostomy changes, monitoring peri-stomal skin. Wound Care: Wound / Bedsore - assess wound, incision or bedsore healing, signs and symptoms of infection and evaluate response to treatment; Teach Care - instruct wound or bedsore regime, evaluate technique, compliance; Treatment - perform wound / bedsore care per prescribed regime, report signs and symptoms infection and progress to physician. Private Duty Nurses: Available to care for patient's in Hospital's & Nursing Homes. THERAPIST'S - PT, OT, ST: Therapists including physical therapists, occupational and speech therapists assist in the rehabilitation of those with physical injuries or disease. Restoration of mobility, strength, dexterity, balance and communication skills is often the purpose for therapy. Helping individuals who are disabled by physical injuries or disease to regain maximum function with activities of daily living is always a main priority. Home Assessment: evaluate home safety needs, arrange for adaptive equipment. Therapy: assess, plan, perform and evaluate physical therapy to regain strength and maximal activities of daily living plan. Teaching: instruct prescribe exercise regime and safe ambulation with/without assistive devices. Assistance: help perform prescribed exercises, report progress to physician. MSW: Social Workers assist in the evaluation of social, emotional and environment factors affecting the ill and disabled. They may provide family or individual counseling for those in need or a crisis situation. Medical Social Workers offer support and often help indentify and locate appropriate community resources: Home care services, adult daycare, respite, long term care planning, financial assistance and support groups. Nursing Assistant's / Home Health Aides: Eating - Plan and provide nutritious meals, adequate fluids. Assist with feeding; Bathing - Assist with personal care: bathing, transferring in/out tub/shower, bed-baths as needed; Dressing / Grooming - Assist with dressing and glasses, hearing aides and other special orthotics (i.e. braces), hair care, shaving, oral hygiene; Ambulation - Assist with walking, safe use of assistive devices, range of motion and strengthening exercises; Toileting - Assist to bathroom, bedside commode, urinal, bedpan usage; Incontinence - assist changing diapers, undergarments, pads and perform related skin care. Services: Check In: mornings, afternoon or evenings, Wake up and Tuck in. Supervision during the day time or overnight. Private Duty, Nursing Assistant's available for patients in the Hospitals or Nursing Homes.

PASA's mission is to expand and improve after-school opportunities for the youth of Providence by organizing a system to ensure all youth access to high-quality after-school programs and learning opportunities.

Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health is a resource center for occupational and environmental health and safety. Their primary focus is to prevent occupational and environmental disease and injury. RICOSH pursues this goal in three broad areas: training, technical assistance, and advocacy.

Services: 107 bed, Assisted Living Facility

Brookdale West Bay offers independent living, assisted living, respite and memory care services for seniors.

Job readiness job search Using curriculum based learning, participants develop skills in areas such as interviewing, work relationships, time management, conflict resolution and problem solving.

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.

Learn more about the natural world around you! Workshops, walks and activities for adults, families, homeschoolers, preschoolers and toddlers.

The MEZZANINE at the Villa At Saint Antoine A new way of caring for residents with mild to moderate memory loss. Working with individual strengths, Keeping residents connected to the life of the Villa community. Offering a safe and flexible program with specially trained staff present 24 hours a day specializing in memory support activities

Services: A fine federal mansion furnished with period furniture and magnificent paneling, built in 1773 by James Mitchell Varnum, one of George Washington's generals. Colonial garden.

Mass 211 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects callers to information about critical health and human services available in their community. It serves as a resource for finding government benefits and services, nonprofit organizations, support groups, volunteer opportunities, donation programs, and other local resources. Always a confidential call, Mass 211 maintains the integrity of the 9-1-1 system saving that vital community resource for life and death emergencies.

Anchor Bay at Pocasset offers multiple levels of care so residents can age in place. Independent Living: In one of the cottages, or a one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or three-bedroom apartment at Anchor Bay at Pocasset allows you to maintain a sense of home and have all of the services of a senior living community just a step away.

Comprehensive physical therapy intervention to address patients who possess a variety of orthopedic and neurologic concerns. Each patient is evaluated by a licensed, registered physical therapist. A treatment plan is created based upon the findings of that evaluation, and the functional demands of their job, and implemented by professional staff.

A 262-bed Community Medical Center offering 24 hour emergency care, intensive cardiac care services; medical/surgical services; outpatient diagnostic services, Breast Care Center, Center for Wound Care, outpatient oncology, Endoscopy Center, and three year diploma School of Nursing Program.

The mission of E-Cubed Academy High School is to create a vibrant student-centered community that will eliminate all barriers to learning, thus capitalizing upon the academic, social and civic potentials of all learners.

The Prout School is a Catholic coeducational, college-preparatory school educating students in Rhode Island. Prout offers a rigorous academic program that features college prep, honors and AP classes as well as offering Rhode Island’s only International Baccalaureate program for high school students.

South Kingstown Nursing & Rehabilitation Center offers licensed rehabilitation and subacute unit and secure Alzheimer’s care as well as long-term care for those in need of assistance with chronic illness or multiple activities of daily living. Services: 112 bed facility that includes a 36-bed secured Alzheimer/dementia care unit and a newly constructed 16 bed sub-acute unit. Respite

The City of Providence’s Department of Parks work to coordinate sustainable system in which all residents have access to fully programmed, fully operational, and well-maintained parks, facilities and programs that meet both current and future parks and recreation needs. Under Mayor Jorge Elorza, these programs have significantly increased with an emphasis on robust and accessible programming as well as leading the revitalization of park spaces in our communities.

Programs that provide organized opportunities for individuals to pursue hobbies which involve painting, ceramics, crafts and other art forms in cooperation with others who have the same interests, often through the medium of a club or society which is under the leadership of people who are knowledgeable or skilled in the area. Some arts and crafts clubs may also provide space for activities, provide access to discounts on materials and tools, sponsor exhibits or sales of art or craft pieces created by members, publish a newsletter or provide access to a library of resources about the subject. Included are Internet-based virtual clubs, Web-Rings devoted to the subject and clubs where members meet face-to-face. 12-step and spiritual groups, activities and clubs- Recovery Art Club and Rock and Roll .

Senior Nutrition/Meal Site

16 bed residential for men with substance abuse or combined substance abuse and mental health problems who are committed to staying clean and participating in toxicology screenings three times a week. Length of stay determined on an individual basis. Accepts HIV-positive and methadone clients.

Services: For families who have children with special health care needs. Provides information and referrals, semi-annual newsletter, support and advocacy. No regularly scheduled meetings due to the difficulty finding respite services for parents. Hasbro Children Hospital Family Advisory Council advises on family matters.

Corporate Angel Network is the only charitable organization whose sole mission is to fly cancer patients (both children and adults) to treatment at no cost to them on empty seats on both private and corporate planes. This not only improves the patients' chances of survival, but, it also reduces their emotional stress, physical discomfort, and financial burden.