Well, what has happened is we have to remind ourselves that at one time, all of us are independent right now. We get to go to work, we get up, we go out and have fun with our families. We go to restaurants and movies, and then suddenly for whatever reason, we have someone that maybe falls and gets hurt.
And then they start having issues, other health issues, and it is recommended that maybe they need to go into an independent or an assisted living facility as well as a nursing home. When they go in there the doctors will see a decline in their behavior. They’re sad. They have really bad depression. They’re having to adjust to a new lifestyle that they are having to live with. And so, it is difficult for them day by day.
The norm for them is now living in a place where they’re telling them when to get up when to take medicines when to go to the doctor when to take baths and all that. ~Vilma Long- Team Health
Join Kim Hegwood and Vilma Long from Team Health as they discuss
Behavioral Health and Quality of Life
The discussion will include:
· Why do doctors or nurse practitioners recommend behavioral health?
· What is the difference between psychiatry and psychology?
· What other types of behaviors should we look for that might help my loved one? What kind of signs should we look for?
· If the resident has Memory issues how can behavioral health help?
· How do you monitor the progress of the resident?
· Does insurance cover this service?
How to Contact Vilma and Team Health
Website: www.teamhealth.com
Email: Vilma_long@teamhealth.com
Phone: (281) 218-0880
Bio:
Vilma Long is the Clinical Practice Manager for TeamHealth in Houston. TeamHealth provides Primary Care, Wound Care, and Behavioral Health in Long-Term, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Rehab facilities. Vilma manages the clinicians such as the MDs, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners that cover these communities.
Vilma attended The University of Houston and began her career in healthcare in 2006 advocating for the geriatric population by educating facilities and families on why it is so important to sign up residents for ancillary services such as dental, eye, podiatry, psychiatry, and psychology.
Author Bio
Kim Hegwood
Managing Attorney
Kim Hegwood is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Your Legacy Legal Care®, a Houston-based estate planning and elder law firm she established in 1998. A graduate of South Texas College of Law, Kim was inspired to focus her practice on elder law and estate planning after watching her own grandparents struggle with the challenges of aging. With nearly 30 years of experience, she helps families with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, Medicaid planning, and asset protection.
Kim is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and her firm has been named Best Trust & Estate Law Firm by the Houston Chronicle. A mother of three, she spends her free time with her children and grandchildren and volunteers with several local charities.
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