When your loved one goes to the emergency room (ER) with aggressive or agitated behavior, doctors may give medications to help keep them safe and calm. As an adult child or family member, it’s important to understand what these medications are, why they’re used, and...
How Long-Distance Video Chats are Easing Stress for Rural Nursing Home Residents The above link is to an article written by Tony Leys and published in USA Today which highlights the benefits of telehealth for nursing home and assisted living residents. Article...
Mental Health in Older Adults: Understanding and Normalizing Depression and Anxiety It’s important to acknowledge that experiencing depression or anxiety in older age is more common than many realize. Recent estimates reveal that roughly 1 in 4 adults aged 65...
2.5 million Americans reside in assisted living and nursing facilities across the country. All are under lock-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, the residents are experiencing heightened stress and anxiety due to removed visits from friends and family,...
As mentioned in our previous article about the growing mental health for farmers , Encounter Telehealth knows first hand the stressful nature of the farming lifestyle. Located in the heart of Omaha, we work closely with rural farming communities. Many of our partner...
The World Heath Organization (WHO) has recently catalogued Employee Burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed”. Not only is burnout real, but it’s also now classified as an official...
