Avid music listeners may have a general sense that music plays an important role in their health and overall wellbeing, and new research is providing scientific evidence to support this idea, particularly for older Americans. A recent study reviewed data on 5,797 participants aged 50 or older who self-reported a number of measures including how […]
Tomorrow, Thursday the 21st, is the summer solstice. With the long stretch of daylight sandwiched between the earliest sunrise and latest sunset, it is marked as the longest day of the year. It is also the annual awareness and fundraising campaign led by the Alzheimer’s Association, meant to symbolize the long journey that millions of […]
Can Exercise Help Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s? Exercise training is frequently recommended to older adults as a way to promote overall wellness and brain health. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides specific exercise recommendations regarding time and intensity for adults ages 65 and older, but these recommendations have been mostly […]
Hope for Sleeping in on the Weekends It has long been understood that not getting enough sleep each night is associated with higher mortality, and there is a long-held belief that attempting to “catch up” by sleeping in on the weekends is not actually enough to outweigh the effects of reduced sleep during the week. […]
Celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week Skilled nursing facilities around the country have been celebrated and recognized this week as part of the yearly National Skilled Nursing Care Week, and MedOptions would like to extend our gratitude and appreciation to our many partners as this week comes to a close. Formerly known as National Nursing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2018 Contact: Bernadette Greatorex, Director of Business Development Telephone: (860) 339-1754 Email: bgreatorex@medoptionsinc.com MedOptions Appoints New Chief Medical Officer OLD LYME, CT – (eReleases) – MedOptions, the nation’s leading provider of behavioral health services to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, announced that Steven Powell, MD, MPH, CPE, FAPA has […]
Celebrating National Nurses Week Everybody knows it — the nurses in our lives make a world of difference. Whether we have nurses in our family or friend group, work alongside them, or have been taken care of by them personally, there is no question that the nursing profession is filled with some of the most […]
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. […]