As we reach this time of holidays and family get-togethers, there is a certain degree of energy, noise, and chaos that we all expect. But that pandemonium can be more difficult for some than for others. If you have a family member or friend with Alzheimer’s disease or another variation of dementia, you know that […]
Holidays and Alzheimer’s: What Changes? was first seen on: Psych360 Psychiatric Services
Psych360 has revisited its Ohio nursing home infographic to update the statistics for November. This infographic displays both the state and national average percentage of incidents experienced by residents of Nursing Homes, including Assisted Living Facilities. Psych360 hopes this will be used as a tool for Long Term Care facilities to compare where they stand […]
Infographic for Ohio Nursing Homes Psychiatric Health: November 2019 is available on: Psych360.org
Psych360 has revisited its nursing home infographic to update the statistics for October. This infographic displays the average percentage of incidents experienced by residents of Nursing Homes, including Skilled Nursing Facilities. Psych360 hopes this will be used as a tool for Long Term Care facilities to compare where they stand against both the national averages […]
The following article Infographic for Maryland Nursing Homes Psychiatric Health: October 2019 was originally published on: https://psych360.org
Teepa Snow created the Positive Approach to Care (PAC) when interacting with People Living with Dementia. She has created new ways to look at levels or stages of brain change within dementia–her “gems”–as well as new approaches to interacting with patients and facility care. Teepa’s Gems Teepa’s Gems represent different stages of brain change or […]
Psych360 and Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care is courtesy of: https://psych360.org
History of CMS In the late 1900s, a large number of psychiatric hospitals were being shut down through a nationwide process of deinstitutionalization. However, with the hospitals shut down, the residents needed somewhere to go. This began the steady increase of patients and residents in nursing homes. And with this increase came the need for […]
The following article What You Need to Know About CMS Regulations and Compliance is available on: https://psych360.org
Dementia of all kinds, specifically Alzheimer’s disease, comes with many unfortunate mood and behavior changes. However, sometimes these changes are not side effects of the dementia, but mental disorders that merely accompany dementia, causing more stress in the patient’s life. If these disorders are properly recognized and treated, the treatment can also improve the overall […]
The following blog post Mental Illness in Dementia Patients is republished from: https://psych360.org
An infographic, created by Psych360 in April, was recently updated to display data measuring the average percentage of incidents experienced by residents in a Nursing Home including an SNF – a Skilled Nursing Facility. This infographic provides a tool for SNFs to compare how they rank against the national averages and state of Ohio averages […]
The post Ohio Nursing Facilities Psychiatric Health Infographic: June 2019 is available on: https://psych360.org
