Adult Day Programs
McGuire Memorial offers programs for adults
with disabilities, designed to address specific needs of those
with various disability levels—from those with mild to moderate
disabilities to those with significant developmental and physical
disabilities to those with profound, complex multiple disabilities.
McGuire Memorial
Employment Option Center
The McGuire Memorial Employment Option Center is a day program for adults with mild to moderate disabilities and/or autism, providing vocational training, life skills, school-to-work transition programs, and paid employment opportunities. Licensed by the Pennsylvania State Office of Mental Retardation, the Employment Option Center is one of the area's most unique adult training facilities.In its new location at 543 Moon Clinton Road in Moon Township (Allegheny County) the McGuire Memorial Employment Option Center will provide expanded outreach services to adults with disabilities, serving a greater number of individuals from the greater tri-state area.
The Center is committed to providing specialized support and training in order to help adults with disabilities on their journey through adulthood. The Employment Option Center encourages the development of self-determination, self-advocacy, and the ability to make choices—within a nurturing environment, designed for the developmental needs of each adult. A caring and professional staff of case managers, program instructors, and direct care support staff help every individual at the Employment Option Center embrace new challenges, new opportunities, new skills, and new relationships.
The Center provides job training skills and opportunities for paid employment throughout the community in areas such as clerical work, product assembly, packaging, and light housekeeping. Numerous organizations within the community rely on the Center's "Entrusted Treasures," a production company within the Employment Option Center, where adults with disabilities carry out many organizations' mailing, product assembly, and packaging needs. The Center's staff carefully matches particular job settings and requirements to the personalities, interests, and abilities of each individual.
The Center also provides the adults they serve with community volunteer opportunities, development of social skills, as well as a variety of learning and enrichment activities.
Life Enrichment Center
The Life Enrichment Center at McGuire Memorial offers adults who are severely
and profoundly disabled, often with profound, complex disabilities, opportunities
for enrichment. In a caring and nurturing environment at McGuire Memorial, these individuals are surrounded by experiences that awaken their senses and stimulate their sense of the world around them. Staff work with the adults to enhance their communication skills and interpersonal relationships, with augmentative communication devices such as the Dynavox to help those who cannot speak communicate with others.
Adults at the Life Enrichment Center enjoy new experiences daily such as painting and sewing with the assist of electronic devices, and routinely enjoy excursions to the McGuire Memorial greenhouse and to the McGuire pool.
The primary purpose of the Life Enrichment Center at McGuire Memorial is to provide a compassionate and supportive environment so that the medically fragile can live lives with dignity and respect, and can experience life to their fullest individual potential.
A caring and professional staff of case managers, program instructors, and direct care support staff helps each adult embrace new opportunities and new skills.
Door-to-door transportation is provided for an additional fee.
Admission
A pre-admission meeting is required. Upon admission, each adult is assessed to identify particular interests, abilities, strengths, and desires.For more information about the program or to inquire about admission, please contact k.lieb@mcguirememorial.org or by calling Kim Lieb at 724-847-4596.
Click here to download an admission application.