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1. 1. LifeLinks.Inc.: What's New

   www.ccmhc.org/whatsnew.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/27/2008   Last Visited: 1/27/2008

   Effective September 1st the Board of Directors of LifeLinks, formerly Coles County Mental Health Center, has appointed Lynette Ashmore as Interim Executive Director.She replaces Kathy Roberts who is retiring after 22 years of service.
   
   Lynette received a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation from Eastern Illinois University in 1975 and was awarded a Master of Arts with a major in gerontology from Eastern Illinois University in 1984.She began her career with Coles County Mental Health Center in 1980 as a Sustaining Care Specialist and was responsible for the development of Coles County Mental Health Center's initial day treatment program for those individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness.
   
   Ashmore was actively involved in organizing the current residential housing program, including a 16 unit supportive housing apartment complex in Charleston, Courtyard Square, and a 16 unit apartment complex in Mattoon, Logan Courts.
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   In 1985 Ashmore was promoted to Program Coordinator and, on November 16, 1988, became the Director of Community Support Services.She and her husband, Jack, reside in Charleston.
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   To report any concerns related to consumer safety, treatment or care, please contact our Interim Executive Director, Lynette Ashmore, at (217) 238-5720.

2. 2. Herald & Review Newspaper Website - Decatur, Illinois - Central Illinois Newspaper Group (CING)

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   Published on: 1/10/2006   Last Visited: 1/10/2006

   MATTOON - A 25-year veteran of mental health services, Lynette Ashmore recalls the time when some patients could spend up to three weeks in a local hospital, or maybe even a year at a state facility.
   
   "Today, that's unheard of," Ashmore said.
   
   Ashmore is the director of community services at the Coles County Mental Health Center, a department that handles major psychiatric disorders in adults.As with the treatment of many medical conditions, the target now is outpatient treatment whenever possible, she said.
   
   "When I started, it wasn't unusual for someone to be in the hospital," Ashmore said.
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   Ashmore said the change started several years ago when the state and federal governments looked for cost savings and found it wasn't as expensive to treat people on an outpatient basis.
   
   Hospitalization is necessary in some cases, she said, but reducing it also has helped the patients.Patients frequently get to stay in their homes and usually get their care from the same person or people throughout their treatment, she said.
   
   "That's far better than working with somebody, then going to the hospital and working with someone else," Ashmore said.
   
   Part of that is what led the center to open the Courtyard Square living facility, now the center's only site in Charleston, she said.Many people who were once at a state facility live there now and benefit from being able to have their medicine dispensed regularly and other more direct care if they can't live on their own, she said.
   
   "That's a tremendous stride from being institutionalized," Ashmore said.

3. 3. LifeLinks, Inc.: Our Services

   www.ccmhc.org/services.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/27/2008   Last Visited: 1/27/2008

   To report any concerns related to consumer safety, treatment or care, please contact our Interim Executive Director, Lynette Ashmore, at (217) 238-5720.