Care continuity may ease residents’ severe anxiety during tough times: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 05, 2023
Individual treatment variables appear to have had a greater effect on long-term care facility residents’ mental health over time than pandemic stressors, researchers report.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, March 23
By
Ron Rajecki
Mar 23, 2023
Rural nursing home residents reap benefits from mental healthcare through video … NIH: Prior COVID-19 infection dampens response to vaccination … Skirting cholesterol targets raises CV events by 44...
Mental health stable during pandemic, depression worse in seniors, study finds
Mar 10, 2023
Despite the trouble and turmoil associated with the advent of COVID-19, population-wide mental health did not substantially decline when compared with pre-pandemic levels, researchers report.
Speciality care use falls after nursing home admission: report
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 30, 2023
Visits drop steeply across multiple specialties after a nursing home admission, investigators say. For those with severe mental illness, visits fell by a whopping 67%.
Many healthcare workers dogged by symptoms of pandemic stress: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 19, 2023
More than half of frontline healthcare workers have been affected by subclinical symptoms of post-traumatic stress related to the pandemic, a regional investigation has found.
Lawmakers seek to bolster Medicare, Medicaid mental health coverage
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
Senators cited constituent concerns about so-called ghost networks — listings of physicians who are unavailable to provide care.
Fixing the mental health crisis in long-term care
By
Tara Cortes, RN, PhD, FAAN
Dec 05, 2022
Serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and anxiety and depressive disorders are at crisis level in older adults. These mental health issues are frequently experienced by older adults who are...
Putting 25 years into perspective: The forecast for supporting mental health in SNFs
By
Ari Kalechstein, Ph.D.
Nov 11, 2022
Our 25th anniversary was a year to remember. Having started it at the height of the pandemic, we adapted to a constantly evolving and booming mental healthcare market, and it worked. We invested in an...
Moral injury program addresses growing evidence of COVID’s frontline impact
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 27, 2022
An expanding program aims to address the moral injury suffered by frontline nursing home and aging services staff, whose struggles with pandemic-era care delivery are being illustrated in a growing body...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Feds to supply $15M in grants to support community mental health clinics … Biden administration scrambles for Evusheld backup as new variants arise … Providers are main target of race-related healthcare...