LTC staff to receive free behavioral health training in new federal program
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 17, 2022
The new $15 million program will focus on workforce skills in an effort to strengthen behavioral healthcare delivery in long-term care facilities, HHS announced Monday.
Deadline for mental health plan comments midnight Monday
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2014
Advocates for better mental health services for adults will be pressing until at least midnight Monday to have comments submitted to include seniors in a new federal behavioral health plan,
Psychologists ‘outraged’ over federal plan they say omits seniors
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 15, 2014
Mental healthcare providers for the elderly expressed anger Thursday over an apparent snub of seniors mental health services in a proposed new federal behavioral health plan.