The Early Intervention Services for Older Adult Program

The Early Intervention Services for Older Adult Program (EISOA)

For over 38 years, our agency has developed expertise in helping Limited-English-proficient immigrants and refugees, particularly Cambodian men and women who are the survivors of Cambodian genocide work through their barriers to adjustment and make progress towards well-being and family self-sufficiency. Our population lived through nearly four years of concentration camp-like conditions in the Khmer Rouge “killing fields” before coming to America as refugees. Many have suffered torture, starvation, separation from family, and deprivation of religion and culture. Almost four decades later, most refugees still suffer from the effects of their experience and were frequently reported to have high rates of PTSD (62%) and depression (51%) (Marshall et al., 2005). The Early Intervention Services for Older Adults (EISOA) Program is a collaborative program with the Multi Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies (MECCA). EISAO aims to prevent the onset of behavioral health conditions through providing outreach, social support, and treatment to older adults, creating and fostering healthy and integrated lifestyles; promoting healthy and active aging and improving levels of socialization and functioning, mental health status and quality of life. The EISOA program offers:

• Educational Classes
• Skill-building Workshops
• Support Groups
• Cultural Awareness and Integration
• Comprehensive Assessments
• Home Visits and Case Management
• Socialization Support and Activities
• Referrals to Resources and Services

This program has provided over 300 home visits, 50 educational groups, and 30 socialization groups. We have referred and linked our participants to over 300 community resources. For more information about this program, please contact Amina: Health Program Director, aminasm@cambodianfamily.org.

Link to Event Calendar: https://www.ocmecca.org/about/event-calendar/

Funded by the OC Health Care Agency through the Mental Health Services Act.