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Lakeland Village is a state operated 24-hour facility that provides all facets of training, education and health care for about 250 individuals with developmental disabilities. Originally established in 1914 as the “School for the Feeble-Minded,” the facility was renamed Lakeland Village in 1947. The facility has undergone many changes both physically and philosophically, changing from a care and custodial center for children and adults to providing active treatment for habilitation to an adult population.
Today, Lakeland Village is federally certified for 60 Nursing Facility (NF) beds and 190 Intermediate Care Facility/Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) beds. Lakeland also provides respite services for up to 5 people at a time.
The Nursing Facility provides active treatment through nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and leisure activities for about 60 men and women with an average age of 43 years. All are non-ambulatory and have multiple medical/physical conditions.
The ICF/MR facility provides active treatment services through habilitation programming in residential, vocational, leisure therapy, and behavior support modalities as well as medical and nursing services and therapies. The men and women residing in the IMR facility have a wide range of mental and physical abilities and levels of independence. The average age is 49 years.
Lakeland's mission is to provide appropriate, comprehensive, and quality services, which meet individual needs, honor human and legal rights, promote independence and self- management, and occur in personalized home-like environments.
Admission to Lakeland Village is coordinated through DDD Region 1 Field Services staff.
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