The Devereux Foundation in Victoria, Texas, has served the community for over 45 years, offering a wide range of mental health and senior living services for people of all ages, including kids, teens, adults, and older adults. You'll find their treatment facility and assisted living community at 120 David Wade Drive, where staff are available around the clock to provide care, answer emergency calls, and help with everyday needs like bathing, dressing, and taking medicine, and they'll also help folks who need to move from a bed to a wheelchair and those managing diabetes. They provide nutritious meals designed by chefs and meal planners, so residents don't have to cook for themselves, and the common indoor spaces and activity programs make it easy for people to socialize and keep active, whether they're seniors in assisted living, people in memory care, or younger people in therapy programs.
The facility handles many different types of care, with personalized treatment plans and services for folks with developmental or intellectual disabilities, autism, mental health conditions, and people who've faced abuse or struggle with emotional troubles. The Devereux Foundation's continuum of care includes everything from independent living and assisted living to nursing home options, as well as a memory care program. They also offer psychological testing, medication checks, and both individual and group therapy with family involvement as needed. Specialized programs for youth, ages 6 to 17, focus on skill-building, resilience, and helping each child or teen gain confidence and social connections. There's a strong focus on people with autism and intellectual disabilities, with the Autism Intensive Residential Program for those with more complex needs.
Adults can get support in their community-based group homes, supported apartments, and through foster care programs. For younger residents and school-aged children, there's an accredited educational program, pre-vocational training, special education, and even a therapeutic boarding school and a high school transition program for older teens and young adults, with help for things like high-functioning autism, ADHD, anxiety, and learning differences. Seniors and adults also have access to programs made for their specific needs, right down to diabetes care, incontinence care, and non-ambulatory support.
The organization doesn't operate for profit and works with all kinds of payment options like private pay, social security, insurance, and veterans' benefits, but there are other fees for different types of care, room types, and community activities, and room choices include studios, semi-private rooms, and one- or two-bedroom apartments. You'll find spiritual support, devotional activities, and a warm, kind staff who aim for compassionate and personalized care, always using an evidence-based, holistic approach that tries to help every person move toward their goals and well-being, whether they're a child, an adult, or a senior. The Devereux Foundation often partners with its Goliad facility to support more specific senior care needs, and it trains staff through clinical education programs. Specialized resources, like the Devereux Center for Resilient Children, are designed to promote resilience and give youth and adults a better chance at success and independence. They also provide vocational training and foster care, and they're always working to help the people they serve live with more dignity, confidence, and hope, whether that's in assisted living, senior apartments, or treatment programs for mental and behavioral health.
