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Behavioral Health ServicesAt Vericare, our clinicians’ single-minded focus on quality, appropriate treatment and responsiveness to patient needs is why we are considered the provider of choice when skilled nursing facilities and assisted living settings are seeking behavioral health services for their residents. Collectively, we strive to meet the needs of our community of clients within a skilled nursing facility. This community typically includes residents, their family members and other loved ones, plus the facility’s administrative and clinical staff, who typically have established an emotional attachment to their residents.
I look forward to my therapy sessions with Dr MJ
“I look forward to my therapy sessions with my Vericare psychologist, Dr. MJ. To me, it means everything! Dr. MJ is open to listening to what I have to say. I like that she is objective and offers solutions and a different way of looking at things. If my mental health isn’t good, my whole rehabilitation treatment isn’t going to be as effective.”
Pauline, Rehabilitation Patient As mental health professionals, Vericare clinicians use their skills to help patients rediscover meaning in their lives and find hope despite feelings of distress, loss, isolation and alienation. Although patients may face limitations in daily living, there is a real opportunity to help them re-connect and find a reason for living, even if it’s as simple as reaching out to another resident who is feeling lonely and distressed. One of our primary goals at Vericare is to enhance the residential experience of our patients and ensure that our skills “add value” and are facilitating patients’ well-being. Vericare professionals listen and seek to understand the sources of psychic distress that arise from the myriad of challenges confronting skilled care facility residents. Clinicians experience enormous personal and professional satisfaction when an elderly resident, who believes that life is no longer worth living due to physical decline, progressively deteriorating medical conditions, and perhaps the loss of a spouse, children, friends and community, sees that there are still ways to connect with others and experience meaning. Guiding a resident through such a transition takes a special person with a highly-developed sense of how to coach and model an alternative response to what may seem like insurmountable challenges of aging. Whether taking a psychotherapeutic or psychopharmacological approach to managing a patient’s distress, Vericare clinicians arrive at the optimal therapeutic regimen so that the patient experiences the highest quality of life possible. To ensure that our skilled nursing partners are completely vested in our patient care, we provide each of our partners with regular progress reports on their patients’ treatment plans. |
 Vericare healthcare providers meet the highest qualifications. For example, Vericare staff includes:
Vericare clinicians perform the following services for patients at skilled nursing facilities:
Yes. Here are just a few of the standards each Vericare clinician must meet before joining our team:
Our behavioral experts are hired and trained with the intent of having them become a truly integrated member of your facility care team and your on-site mental health expert. In addition to valuable one-on-one patient interactions, you may also request and expect:
Before interacting with newly referred patients, Vericare clinicians first conduct a thorough in-service training session organized by Vericare for all facility staff. Vericare’s Clinician will cover:
Vericare supports the use of several psychological assessment or neurological tests that can be especially valuable when establishing a baseline for cognitive function, detecting depression or uncovering early dementia. The assessment test is most valuable when it will yield a finding that is not discernable through any other behavioral therapy and/or it is medically advisable to determine the best course of treatment. Best clinical practice emphasizes the gathering of historical and current clinical data directly from the patient, from staff and from family members too, if there is a need to intervene clinically. The therapist then develops a formal treatment plan with practical recommendations on patient management and projected outcomes. Yes, most definitely. In practical terms, the treatment plan is a shared agreement between the patient and clinician that specifies the short term objectives and long-term goals and outcomes that are the projected benefits of a successful course of treatment. On a very pragmatic level, the resident should embrace these outcomes as beneficial and agree that they are worth working towards.
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