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Forrest said, "The Auerbach Behavioral Health Center incorporates the Jewish Home's nationally acclaimed model of comprehensive, high-quality treatment by attending to the needs of the whole person -- mind, body and spirit -- in a calm, nurturing environment."

At the Auerbach Behavioral Health Center, the focus is on reducing symptoms through an integrated, multi-service approach. This involves close coordination of multiple geriatric specialties to develop, implement and review individualized treatment plans on a daily basis. Services include:

-- Specialized staff

-- Physicians, nurses and pharmacy 24/7

-- Interdisciplinary team treatment

-- Comprehensive, compassionate care

-- Individual, group, cognitive, recreational and family therapy

-- Spiritual counseling

-- Support services for family members

-- Discharge planning

-- Residential placement

Prospective patients must have a primary psychiatric diagnosis and are admitted on a voluntary basis only. Applicants for care must also be able to participate in a treatment program where the combination of intensive therapeutic activities and interaction with staff and peers promotes healing and well-being and provides the best long-term outcomes. Further information is available by calling 818-758-5041.

Founded in 1912, the world-renowned Los Angeles Jewish Home is one of the foremost multi-level senior-living communities in the United States and the largest single-source provider of senior housing in Los Angeles. In total, the Home annually serves more than 2,200 seniors through our extraordinary continuum of services. Each year, more than 1,500 women and men are cared for in-residence on two village campuses with services including independent-living "Neighborhood H
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