Telepsychiatry for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living
Unfortunately, a high proportion of nursing home residents have a significant psychiatric problems, with estimates ranging from 65% to 91%. Dementia, as well as its behavioral and psychiatric symptoms, has long been the most prevalent mental disorder in nursing homes. The good news is that with the help of proper psychiatric help, a lot of residents can improve. For example, a resident with high level of untreated anxiety can have agitated behavior or resident being on unwarranted sedatives can lead to more cognitive decline and fall risk in the future.
How We can Help:
Our Board-certified Psychiatrists collaborate with clinical staff help to identify the individual psychiatric needs of each resident before making treatment recommendations. This kind of collaboration help nursing staff to know about the psychiatric problems and make changes in their care plan.
What are the advantages of Our Program:
- Increasing patient well being and family satisfaction
- Avoiding the cost and danger of unnecessary transport of residents to emergency rooms
- Participating in treatment team meetings and consultation with onsite staff
- Keeping fragile patients stable and improving patient outcomes
- Reducing costs of recruiting, managing and retaining onsite health staff
- Providing scalable telepsychiatry health services and setting up technology
- On call availability for residents and staff
Contact: Please email us at info@piedmontbs.com to discuss your needs, collaboration and schedule a phone meeting.