Our story begins in 2008, when building golf course communities basically ground to a halt. Josh and Doug re-invented themselves and took jobs at a local non-profit mental health care facility in the area. Providing long-term in-home care ourselves for people with mental illnesses began in 2009 with a resident that was having difficulty fitting into a group setting. Over the course of time more and more people needed more individualized care and we morphed into providing that care and expanded our properties and services (transportation, short term care, etc.)
We strive to address the gap between intensive treatment and complete independent living. We provide an individualized, community based, long-term living environment for people in various stages of their mental health journey. Our services are flexible, and range from 24/7 staff supervised living to semi-independent living, based on an evaluation of needs by our team of experienced directors, staff, therapists, trainers, doctors and information provided by families. A large differentiator is our staff to resident ratio, which is generally 1:1 or 1:2 including overnight, based on a residents need.
At Home Next Door now accommodates a maximum of 11 people where care and staffing are tailored to the unique needs of each resident. The amount of staffing can go up or down on a monthly basis depending on the situation. We also have access to professional staffing services if we need to fill in short-notice gaps in staffing.
Our goal is to let every resident have as normal an everyday life as possible.
A cornerstone of the At Home Next Door philosophy is engaging residents in life. Supporting a person with challenges to remain active is not just about ‘a bit of fun’ or an added extra – it is essential to their health and well being.
Josh was a fireman in Charleston, South Carolina for five years and then spent a year in Iraq as a civilian firefighter on an Army base. This experience and training in a wide variety of medical and safety situations is good to have on hand.
His grandfather, Corbett Thigpen, was an American psychiatrist and co-author of the book The Three Faces of Eve, so you could say it's in his blood.
Doug has had many adventures in life from running large companies to building golf course communities and luxury homes.
You can look for Doug in season 8 of the Dallas TV series.
He has also written a number of papers regarding various subjects from care strategies to research into specific diagnoses and case studies.
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