The second most diagnosed neurodegenerative disorder, right behind Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, is a devastating condition that has no known cause or cure. While there are various medications, including psychotropic drugs,…
Month: June 2022
Life in Rural Nursing Homes: Challenges and Opportunities
Although many skilled nursing facilities face the challenge of increasing and maintaining their census, rural facilities are against some fairly steep odds in doing so. They also face other unique…
Challenges to Nursing Homes Providing Care to Residents with Severe Mental Illness
The state and government movement known as “deinstitutionalization” in the 1970s and 1980s was responsible for closing psychiatric hospitals and residences across the United States. The idea was to have…