by Audrey Parris | Dec 11, 2019 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, Guest Posts, Holistic Mental Health, Live Well, News, Uncategorized
McKnight’s Long Term Care News originally published the below article written by Encounter Telehealth’s Randy Beckett- Vice President of Geriatric Psychiatric Services, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC. To read the full article, please visit McKnight’s by...
by Audrey Parris | Sep 11, 2019 | Advice, For Facilities, For Families, For Providers, Holistic Mental Health, Live Well, News, Uncategorized
Encounter Telehealth has conducted an analysis of 40 partner skilled nursing facilities in Iowa, and we are proud to announce a 6.7% drop in anti-psychotic drug use among skilled nursing facility patients between 2015 and 2018 in Iowa, alone. The analysis shows the...
by Audrey Parris | Jun 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
In long-term care, staff turnover is at a staggering 40%, twice the national average across industries. New staff are costly to train (in most cases, hiring and training a new staff member costs around 20% of their salary) and take time to find their “groove.” If...
