When you enter the program at Caramore, we immediately focus on three important areas:
1) Establishing the proper mental health treatment in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area
2) Beginning a normalized and structured daily living routine
3) Starting to work at a supported job in a Caramore-supervised work environment
Mental Health Treatment
All Caramore participants will be under the care of a mental health physician and are required to take any appropriate medications that may be prescribed. All medications are closely monitored each day by Caramore staff.
Structured Daily Living Routine
Most participants initially reside in our home setting for a number of months (sometimes less, sometimes more). Participants are mentored in hygiene, food preparation and diet, living skills, budgeting, and the establishment of a daily regimen.
Supervised Work Environment
Caramore participants get into the work routine right away. The purpose of our work sites is to get participants familiar with proper work habits and lay down the foundation for future community employment. Clients are consistently mentored to challenge themselves through a variety of situations.
Here is a snapshot of a typical work day, for a guy named Paul, living in one of our homes ...
Having set his alarm the previous night, Paul awakens between
(Caramore has a landscaping crew and a cleaning crew that work at various job sites in the local community. These businesses operate out of the Caramore Main Office. The crews are functioning businesses designed to help Paul and others hone their employment skills and get acclimated with the proper work habits as needed.)
A normal work day for Paul at Caramore is
After work in the afternoon, Paul chats with some of the Caramore staff at the main office and then takes a bus back to the group home. Today he stops off for a brief doctor’s appointment he has scheduled at
When Paul gets back to the home around
Paul eats a dinner around
Paul helps clean up after dinner and then goes out for a walk. He spends the night sending email on the computer, watching a movie on TV, and then preparing for bed. Paul also makes a lunch that he will bring to work the next day.
Paul takes his medications that are monitored for him by the home manager. Paul is in bed by 11, and like everyone else, has his own room. Paul reads a little, sets his alarm, and then is fast asleep. It was a busy, productive day for Paul, helping him establish a routine that he can manage and apply as he works towards his personal goal of eventually getting his own job and apartment.
Here is a snapshot of a typical work day, for a guy named Paul living in one of our homes ...
Having set his alarm the previous night, Paul awakens between
(Caramore has a landscaping crew and a cleaning crew that work at various job sites in the local community. These businesses operate out of the Caramore Main Office. The crews are functioning businesses designed to help Paul and others hone their employment skills and get acclimated with the proper work habits as needed.)
A normal work day for Paul at Caramore is
After work in the afternoon, Paul chats with some of the Caramore staff at the main office and then takes a bus back to the group home. Today he stops off for a brief doctor’s appointment he has scheduled at
When Paul gets back to the home around
Paul eats a dinner around
Paul helps clean up after dinner and then goes out for a walk. He spends the night sending email on the computer, calling a friend on the phone, watching a movie on TV, and then preparing for bed. Paul also makes a lunch that he will bring to work the next day.
Each night, Paul takes his medications that are monitored for him by the home manager. Paul is in bed by 11, and like everyone else, has his own room. Paul reads a little, sets his alarm, and then is fast asleep. It was a busy, productive day for Paul, helping him establish a routine that he can manage and apply as he works towards his personal goal of eventually getting his own job and apartment.
Barry Shanley
