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“NOW MORE THAN EVER, SIMPLY SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND JUST BRINGING SMILES TO EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT IS MY MOST JOYFUL PROFESSIONAL GOAL.“ MANAGING CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY
In 2020 our big world took an almost entirely unexpected change for the very worst. All of us, worldwide, were thrown into a new cycle of global chaos that not only threatened our lives, but ended far too many as well. In addition to the physical threats however, as the shifting quick sands of our new health crisis continued to cycle, recycle and confound us all, old threats began to fester and worsen like reopened wounds. • In social forced, quarantined social isolation many of us—young, old and in-between—began to suffer both minor and major symptoms of mental illness which only intensified over time. • In social isolation and separated from our regular workday routines and/or the comfort of our normal family structures, many of us began to fall victim to increased substance abuse. • In social isolation and separated from structured health care routines, those of us already suffering from mental health and/or substance abuse issues endured a degradation of their already critical conditions. In the greater community of Baltimore, where many of these issues were already problematic and already damaging to the community as a whole, these issues became a firestorm of social illness whose impact burned through already fragile social safety nets. Luckily, there were still community care facilities ready to take on this unexpected challenge. Pleasant Behavioral Health Systems—and its housing arm Pleasant Housing Inc.—were ready to step up and capable, experienced Case Managers like Tikia Wright were the “boots on the ground” already in place to get the job done. Ms. Wright began her service to the community very early on by starting off working in transitional housing for those in need directly after high school. Encouraged and mentored by her mother, Ms. Wright pursued her passion for serving her community through the very evident need to address housing issues for those most in need. Often, her cases are a challenging stew involving any number or combination of issues—mental health/ substance abuse/incarceration—which bring out her very best effort combined with her very best use of her long professional experience in transitional housing. CONTINUE READING ON NEXT PAGE...
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