The September edition of Provider Magazine takes an in-depth look at the role of providers in mental health care and services in the long term/post-acute care settings.  VHCA-VCAL member Joan Thomas, Chief Clinical Officer, Administrator – District Home Assisted Living, and Director of Community Relations at Birmingham Green describes the campus’s efforts to care for its residents, 67 percent of which have a mental health diagnosis. 

“Caring for someone with a mental health challenge really is no different than any other type of challenge,” Thomas says. “We want to do away with stigma. We really look at a person’s strengths. And our social workers and nursing staff are very attuned to individual needs.”

Read the full article here: Long Term Care And Post-Acute Care Providers Confront Mental Health (Provider Magazine, September 2017)