Our Program
Melrose Residential offers a comfortable home, a warm and predictable routine, and a team that is on site around the clock. With only five residents, support is personal and fits the pace of each person
Melrose Residential is not open yet. This page describes the program we are preparing to offer once we are licensed by the Oregon Health Authority.
The program
Melrose Residential is a Residential Treatment Home in Portland for up to five adults who live with serious mental illness. Each resident has a private bedroom, as well as shares meals and common areas with the other residents. Residents also take part in life in the neighborhood and the wider Portland community.
Support is built into each day. Staff are on site around the clock to help with daily routines, medication support, and the practical side of running a household. Each resident helps write their own service plan, and we work with the providers they already see.
Every resident has their own private bedroom, with shared common areas.
Help is offered where each person wants it, and it changes as needs change.
Residents help write their own service plan and have a say in their schedule, meals, and activities.
What residents receive
Melrose provides help with daily routines, medication support, activities, and care planning. Services are matched to each resident’s needs and written into a service plan that the resident helps create
Our team will be on site around the clock. They will help with the everyday parts of life, like meals, appointments, and household routines, and be there on hard days.
Staff help residents take their medications as prescribed, within what Oregon rules allow for a licensed residential treatment home. Prescriptions come from each resident's own prescriber.
Residents work on everyday skills they choose, with staff support and at their own pace. We will list the specific skills groups here once our program schedule is set.
Residents are part of the neighborhood and the wider city. Outings and time in the community are part of the week.
Outside care
Residents keep their own outside providers, which usually means a psychiatric provider, a case manager, and a primary care doctor. Residents who would like a different provider can choose one, and our staff can help them find one.
Residents can go out to their scheduled appointments, and where it can be arranged, a provider can come to the home instead. We do not replace any of these providers. With the resident's agreement, we stay in touch with them, share what we see day to day, and help everyone work from the same plan.
Your plan
Every resident has a written service plan. It sets out what the person wants to work on and the support they will receive from staff.
The plan is written with the resident, not for them. A family member or case manager can take part when the resident wants them to.
Plans are reviewed as things change. We will add the review schedule here once our policies are final.
Residents also have rights in how their care is planned and delivered. You can read them on our Mission and Values page.
We welcome questions from families, partners, and anyone interested in our home or our team. Send us a message and we'll get back to you.
Melrose is not yet accepting residents or referrals.
