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| Strawberry Fields |
| Peer Support Center |
| Project Description: |
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Cut
off from the outside community with little chance of returning home, the
people living at the Residential Community Care Alternative (RCCA), a
135-bed group home, located on the grounds of Rockland Psychiatric
Center, can come daily to Strawberry Fields.
Strawberry Fields is an enclave of
peer support in a previously neglected arena.
Named by the residents in loving tribute to the principles of
peace and compassion as espoused by John Lennon, it is a place of
healing and comfort where friendship flourishes with mutual respect and
understanding.
As a Peer Support Center, Strawberry
Fields provides conversation and the wisdom of experience offered from
like minded individuals who have experienced the personal isolation
common within the mental health system.
Residents of the RCCA are met with a palpable sense of joy and
can often be seen having fun dancing with each other or singing to Billy
Joel on the Jukebox, a response to a newly restored sense of personal
worth. Staff is upbeat and personable while giving credence to the authentic experience within individual life context. There are no patients here, only friends.
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Contact us at: (845) 398-7509 140 Old Orangeburg Road Orangeburg, New York 10962 |