Celebrating Nurses and Nursing Centers: Close to our Hearts We are excited to have two full weeks to recognize nurses and skilled nursing facilities throughout the country, and celebrate the impact they make every day! This begins with National Nurses’ Week, which runs from May 6th to the 12th, and is followed by National Skilled Nursing […]
Fruits and Vegetables for Mental Health: Raw vs Processed A study recently published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology looked for differences in the mental health of people who eat raw fruits and vegetables, compared to people who eat processed (cooked or canned) fruits and vegetables. The results were clear: even after controlling for demographic, […]
Happy National Doctor’s Day! On the 30th of March each year, National Doctor’s Day reminds us all to take a moment to reflect on all the ways in which physicians make a difference in our lives, and appreciate the doctors we know and work alongside. On March 30, 1842, a physician named Dr. Crawford Long […]
As this year’s Social Work Month comes to a close, MedOptions would like to take a moment to highlight our very own LCSW’s. We reached out to a few of our social workers to ask some questions about how they experience their jobs here, and it may not come as a surprise that the responses […]
DID YOU KNOW?? As we continue to celebrate National Social Work Month, we wanted to take a closer look today at this broad, diverse, unique field, and the many different ways that social workers impact our world. The social workers at MedOptions have advanced degrees and specialized training, and maintain licensing through their state boards. […]
Celebrating National Social Work Month 2018 Every March, we are all reminded to take some time to recognize the social workers we know and work alongside, to reflect on their contribution to our collective goals and progress, and celebrate the tireless and profound difference that they make in the world. For 2018, the National Association […]
Study Takes New Look at Deep Brain Stimulation for Alzheimer’s A study published last month in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease gives new hope, and a new twist, on the potential use of Deep Brain Stimulation to slow the progression of functional impairment associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. A surgical procedure that has been FDA-approved for […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2017 Contact: Bernadette Greatorex, Director of Business Development Telephone: (860) 339-1754 Email: bgreatorex@medoptionsinc.com MedOptions Appoints New Roles Within Senior Leadership Ranks OLD LYME, Conn., Dec. 18, 2017 – Thomas McInerney, newly appointed CEO of MedOptions, the nation’s leading provider of behavioral health services to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, announced that Richard Nankee has […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2017 Contact: Bernadette Greatorex, Director of Business Development Telephone: (860) 339-1754 Email: bgreatorex@medoptionsinc.com MEDOPTIONS NAMES THOMAS MCINERNEY AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OLD LYME, CT – (eReleases) – MedOptions, the nation’s leading provider of behavioral health services to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, announced today, the appointment of Thomas McInerney as […]
In an Instant – Natural Disasters, Telehealth and Breaking Barriers By: Laura Goodwin, NP Some of my TeleHealth patients are upset. They are expecting other residents who have been displaced from Rockport, Texas and other areas severely hit by Hurricane Harvey around the Houston area. At one facility, the residents were moved to different rooms […]