by Jen Amis | Aug 28, 2025 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, Uncategorized
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...
by Jen Amis | Aug 12, 2025 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, News
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...
by Jen Amis | Aug 5, 2025 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, News
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...
by Audrey Parris | Apr 16, 2020 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, Live Well, News, Uncategorized
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,...
by Audrey Parris | Mar 3, 2020 | Advice, For Families, Live Well, News, Uncategorized
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...
by Audrey Parris | Jan 20, 2020 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, Holistic Mental Health, Live Well, News
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...
