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    01.11.18

    West Central Family and Counseling Announces Substance Use Disorder Counseling Program

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    West Central Family and Counseling(WCFC) has launched a new interdisciplinary substance use disorder counseling program.

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    Topics: Mental Health, WCFC, Therapy, substance abuse

    11.17.17

    New England Geriatrics Announces Expansion Into Connecticut

     

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    Topics: Mental Health, Geriatrics, New England Geriatrics, Connecticut, Masonicare, psychiatry, ECHN

    07.21.17

    West Central Family and Counseling Announces New Clinical Leadership

    Topics: WCFC

    04.7.17

    West Central Family and Counseling Launches Cancer Informed Therapy Program

    Topics: Mental Health, Group Therapy, Oncology, Social Work, Therapy, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Western Massachusetts

    07.20.16

    West Central Family and Counseling Awarded CARF Accreditation

    Topics: Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Healthcare, CARF

    05.31.16

    Fun Summer Activities To Do With Your Elderly Patient

    Topics: Caregivers, Staying Active, Elderly Care

    04.19.16

    NEG's 2016 Conference Highlights

    Topics: Mental Health, Healthcare, NEG, WCFC

    03.23.16

    NEG Attends The AAGP

    Topics: Mental Health

    01.12.16

    What Should Be On A Social Worker's Resume?

    Topics: New England Geriatrics

    12.18.15

    Does Stress Affect Memory in the Elderly?

    Topics: Mental Health

    12.10.15

    Meet New England Geriatrics Vice President of Operations Karen Mozzer

    Topics:

    11.23.15

    Gratitude, It's Not Just for Thanksgiving Any More

    Topics: Gratitude

    11.20.15

    How To Get Through The Holiday Season Without Gaining Weight

    Topics:

    11.4.15

    How to get involved with Alzheimer's Awareness Month

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    10.23.15

    Meet Melissa Murphy: Medical Records Director/Hospitalizations

    Topics: Mental Health, NEG, medical careers

    10.19.15

    How Can Physicians Impress During a Career Fair?

    Topics: Healthcare, physicians

    10.5.15

    How to better care for your aging loved one

    Topics: Caregivers, Mental Health, Alzheimer's, Parents Aging, Aging, Geriatrics

    09.24.15

    How to cope with a loved one struggling with late-life depression

    Topics: Mental Health, Depression, Aging, Geriatrics

    09.16.15

    How Does Art Therapy Benefit Alzheimer's Patients?

    Topics: Alzheimer's, Aging

    08.27.15

    Veterans and Mental Health: What Obstacles Do They Face?

    Topics: Depression, Behavioral Health, NEG, veterans

    08.20.15

    Living With A Spouse With Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease

    Topics:

    08.12.15

    How Do Mental Health Services Benefit Nursing Homes?

    Topics:

    07.27.15

    The Benefits Of Pet Therapy At Assisted Living Facilities

    Topics: Caregivers, Mental Health, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Parents Aging, Healthcare, Aging, nursing homes

    07.23.15

    Senior Living: 5 Ways to Improve Body and Mind

    Topics: Mental Health, Staying Active, Elderly Care, Aging, managing stress

    07.21.15

    Fun Summer Activities To Do With Your Elderly Patient

    Topics: Caregivers, Staying Active, Elderly Care

    07.16.15

    How to Deal With a Bitter Aging Parent

    Topics: Caregivers, Parents Aging, Elderly Care, Aging

    07.14.15

    Meet Stacey Rossano; NEG Program Director

    Topics:

    07.14.15

    Living in Control with Anxiety

    Topics: Mental Health, managing stress, coping with anxiety

    07.9.15

    How to Best Communicate with an Alzheimer's Patient

    Topics: Long-term Care, Caregivers, Mental Health, Alzheimer's

    07.8.15

    3 Tips For Providing In-Home Care

    Topics: Caregivers, Elderly Care

    07.3.15

    How a Well-Designed Environment Can Help Dementia Patients

    Topics: Dementia, Mental Health, Nursing Home Providers, Healthcare, nursing homes

    06.30.15

    How to Care for Someone with Dementia

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia, Mental Health, Elderly Care

    06.26.15

    Three Tips to Help an Elderly Loved One Transition to a Nursing Home

    Topics: Long-term Care, Parents Aging, Elderly Care, nursing homes

    06.24.15

    Getting Quality Support and Care for your Elderly Loved One

    Topics: Long-term Care, Mental Health, Around New England Geriatrics, Nursing Home Providers, Elderly Care, Group Therapy

    06.19.15

    Summer Safety Tips For The Elderly

    Topics: Caregivers, Parents Aging, Elderly Care, Aging, managing stress

    06.17.15

    Top Causes of Depression in the Elderly

    Topics: Depression, Parents Aging, Elderly Care

    06.11.15

    4 Tips To Rejuvenate Your Elderly Resident with Depression

    Topics: Depression, Elderly Care, Group Therapy

    06.8.15

    What Are the Differences Between Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer's?

    Topics: Dementia, Alzheimer's, Vascular Dementia

    06.3.15

    7 Things to Consider When Choosing a Long-term Care Community For Your Loved One

    Topics: Long-term Care, Elderly Care

    06.1.15

    Finding Affordable Homecare Services Before The Nursing Home

    Topics:

    05.28.15

    What are the Stages of Vascular Dementia?

    Topics: Dementia, Mental Health

    05.27.15

    Depression in Seniors: Knowing the Signs

    Topics: Mental Health, Depression

    05.19.15

    The Behavior Treatment Plan Is Like A Psychological MRI

    Topics: Caregivers, Behavioral Health, Around New England Geriatrics

    05.14.15

    Addressing Mental Health Before Stage 4 (#B4Stage4)

    Topics: Mental Health

    05.14.15

    Tips on Providing Seniors In-Home Health Care

    Topics: Caregivers, Healthcare, Elderly Care

    05.12.15

    The Power of Positive Attitudes when Coping With Elderly Stress

    Topics: Caregivers, Mental Health, Elderly Care, managing stress

    05.7.15

    5 Gift Ideas for Moms With Alzheimer's Disease

    Topics: Caregivers, Alzheimer's

    05.6.15

    Senior Health Care and Safety Advice for Baby Boomers

    Topics: Elderly Care, Aging

    04.30.15

    Signs & Symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia

    Topics: Dementia, Mental Health, Behavioral Health

    04.28.15

    How to Tell Your Aging Parents They Need Care

    Topics: Long-term Care, Parents Aging, Elderly Care

    04.24.15

    How to Stay Composed While Caring for an Alzheimer's Patient

    Topics: Caregivers, Alzheimer's, Staying Active

    04.20.15

    Springtime fun for Senior Residents

    Topics: Long-term Care, Nursing Home Providers, Staying Active, Elderly Care

    04.16.15

    Are You Concerned About an Aging Parent?

    Topics: Alzheimer's, Parents Aging

    04.14.15

    4 Important Warning Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    04.9.15

    The Importance of Seniors Staying Fit and Active

    Topics: Depression, Staying Active

    04.6.15

    How to Know if It's Depression or Dementia

    Topics: Dementia, Depression

    03.26.15

    What Should A Care Plan for a Dementia Patient Include?

    Topics: Dementia, Alzheimer's

    03.23.15

    Simple Tests for Early Alzheimers Symptoms

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    03.18.15

    Five Symptoms of Advanced Alzheimers

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    03.16.15

    Enjoyable Games for Dementia & Alzheimers Patients

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia, Alzheimer's

    03.11.15

    Understanding Elderly Depression

    Topics: Depression

    03.10.15

    How to Successfully Communicate with Dementia Patients

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia

    03.5.15

    Does Stress Affect Memory in the Elderly?

    Topics: Mental Health

    02.18.15

    What to expect as a clinician at New England Geriatrics

    Topics: Mental Health, Around New England Geriatrics, Elderly Care

    02.12.15

    Gait Disturbances May Predict Dementia in Older Adults

    Topics: Dementia

    02.11.15

    Physical Activity Prevents Cognitive Issues in the Elderly

    Topics: Mental Health, Staying Active

    02.6.15

    Why Group Therapy Is Rewarding For All Involved?

    Topics: Mental Health, Group Therapy

    02.2.15

    Exercise Is Important to Limit Depression in Elderly People

    Topics: Depression

    01.28.15

    10 Signs of a Geriatric Mental Health Problem

    Topics: Mental Health

    01.23.15

    Early Detection of Alzheimer's May Prevent It Getting Worse

    Topics: Caregivers, Alzheimer's

    01.21.15

    The Benefits of Smart Phones for the Elderly

    Topics: Caregivers, Elderly Care

    01.14.15

    Why Apply As A Nurse Practitioner At New England Geriatrics?

    Topics: Mental Health, Around New England Geriatrics, Elderly Care

    01.12.15

    Recognizing and Treating Types of Depression in Geriatric Patients

    Topics: Depression

    01.9.15

    The Growing Importance of Geriatric Mental Health Care

    Topics: Mental Health, Depression, Geriatric Psychiatrist

    01.5.15

    Depression in Older Americans Expected to Double in Next 15 Years: Will We Be Ready?

    Topics: Mental Health, Depression

    12.31.14

    How to Assess When It's Time to Move Your Loved One Into Assisted Living

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia, Mental Health

    12.29.14

    In the Elderly, Good Mental Health Helps Good Physical Health

    Topics: Mental Health

    12.23.14

    New Research Indicates Social Media Benefitting the Elderly

    Topics: Caregivers, Mental Health, Staying Active, Elderly Care

    12.22.14

    Ideas for Holiday Gifts For Seniors

    Topics: Caregivers, Parents Aging, Elderly Care

    12.17.14

    Creating An Impact As A Geriatric Social Worker Is The Best Reward

    Topics: Behavioral Health, Alzheimer's, Around New England Geriatrics

    12.16.14

    Holiday Activities for the Elderly

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    12.15.14

    Is Compliance With HIPAA Enough To Keep Your Data Safe?

    Topics: Healthcare

    12.9.14

    How Seniors Can Benefit From Mental Health Services

    Topics: Mental Health

    12.8.14

    Welcome, Jo-Anne Gaughan-Cabral, MSW, LICSW, As The Regional Program Director

    Topics: Around New England Geriatrics

    12.3.14

    Tips for Keeping the Elderly Mind Active

    Topics: Mental Health, Nursing Home Providers

    12.1.14

    How to Keep From Taking Dementia Personally

    Topics: Dementia

    11.26.14

    Meet Our Program Director At Baystate Wing Hospital Geriatric Unit

    Topics: Around New England Geriatrics

    11.24.14

    Home for the Holidays: Helping Seniors Celebrate in Assisted Living

    Topics: Long-term Care, Depression, Nursing Home Providers

    11.20.14

    Watching Out For Depression in Older Adults

    Topics: Depression

    11.19.14

    Tips for Coping with Caregiver Stress

    Topics: Caregivers

    11.17.14

    Announcing: Saint Anne's Hospital Geriatric Psychiatry Unit At New England Sinai Hospital

    Topics: Around New England Geriatrics

    11.14.14

    How Socialization Can Benefit the Elderly

    Topics: Depression, Staying Active

    11.9.14

    Tips for Managing the Side Effects of Medications Used for Geriatric Mental Health Treatment

    Topics: Mental Health

    11.4.14

    Common Mental Illnesses Affect Many Seniors

    Topics: Dementia, Mental Health, Depression

    10.31.14

    Effective Treatments for Depression in Elderly Care Settings

    Topics: Depression

    10.29.14

    Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

    Topics: Dementia, Alzheimer's

    10.22.14

    The Importance Of Geriatric Psychiatry Services At Nursing Homes

    Topics: Long-term Care, Nursing Home Providers, Geriatric Psychiatrist

    10.20.14

    Dealing with the Stress of A Resident Accepting a New Caregiver

    Topics: Long-term Care, Caregivers, Depression

    10.16.14

    What is a Geriatric Psychiatrist?

    Topics: Geriatric Psychiatrist

    10.14.14

    Parents and Adult Children: Coping With the Role Reversal

    Topics: Caregivers, Mental Health, Parents Aging

    10.8.14

    Alzheimer's: 3 Key Ways Stay Active to Keep Your Brain Active

    Topics: Dementia, Alzheimer's

    10.6.14

    Caring for the Alzheimer's Patient

    Topics: Caregivers, Alzheimer's, Nursing Home Providers

    10.1.14

    Facts about Dementia and the Elderly

    Topics: Dementia

    09.29.14

    Geriatrics and Mental Health

    Topics: Mental Health

    09.24.14

    Loneliness in the Elderly

    Topics: Depression

    09.22.14

    How to Help a Family Cope with Their Loved One's Alzheimer's

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    09.16.14

    Scientists Put a FINGER on Dementia Protection

    Topics: Dementia

    09.10.14

    The Geriatric Depression Scale

    Topics:

    09.5.14

    What You Need to Know about Vascular Dementia

    Topics: Dementia, Behavioral Health

    09.2.14

    Activities for People with Alzheimer's Disease

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    08.27.14

    How to Recognize Depression in a Senior

    Topics: Depression

    08.25.14

    Top 3 Tips for Preventing Depression in Seniors

    Topics: Depression

    08.18.14

    Dementia: 10 tips for keeping an active mind

    Topics: Dementia

    08.15.14

    How Caregivers Can Respond to Dementia

    Topics: Long-term Care, Dementia, Alzheimer's

    08.13.14

    5 Tips for Memory Stimulation in Long-Term Care Facilities

    Topics: Long-term Care, Caregivers

    08.7.14

    Understanding the Progression of Frontotemporal Dementia

    Topics: Dementia

    08.6.14

    Alzheimer's Disease Does Not Pass the Smell Test

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    08.1.14

    The Role of Geriatric Psychiatrists

    Topics: Mental Health, Around New England Geriatrics

    07.30.14

    Under the Dove, the Heart, and the Olive Branch

    Topics: Around New England Geriatrics

    07.28.14

    Helping Family Members Cope With an Alzheimer's Patient

    Topics: Alzheimer's

    07.22.14

    The Benefits of Receiving Professional Healthcare

    Topics: Mental Health

    07.17.14

    The Caregiver's Role in Later Age Mental Health

    Topics: Mental Health

    07.16.14

    Welcome Dr. Mirot to our Team

    Topics:

    07.14.14

    Overcoming Late Life Depression

    Topics: Depression

    07.10.14

    How Stress Can Affect the Health of Caregivers

    Topics: Caregivers

    07.8.14

    Geriatric Mental Fitness: Ways to Stay Sharp

    Topics: Mental Health

    07.7.14

    How to Help an Elderly Parent with Geriatric Depression

    Topics: Depression

    06.25.14

    Alzheimer's Breakthrough Milestones

    Topics:

    06.23.14

    What is Geriatric Behavioral Health?

    Topics: Behavioral Health

    06.17.14

    10 Warning Signs of Dementia

    Topics: Dementia

    06.9.14

    Benefits of Dance for Patients in Long-Term Care

    Topics: Long-term Care

    06.4.14

    Stress-Relieving Ideas for Dementia Patient Caregivers

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia

    05.28.14

    Suicide in Older Adults

    Topics:

    05.21.14

    May is Mental Health Month and Older Americans Month

    Topics:

    05.19.14

    Depression in the Elderly is Often Mistaken for Dementia

    Topics: Dementia, Depression

    05.15.14

    Recognizing Signs & Caring for a Patient with Frontotemporal Dementia

    Topics: Dementia

    05.13.14

    Avoiding a Healthcare Data Breach: The Titanic Effect

    Topics:

    05.9.14

    Maintaining a Healthy Environment in Long-Term Care

    Topics: Long-term Care

    05.7.14

    Common Mental Health Disorders Seen in the Elderly

    Topics: Mental Health

    05.5.14

    Importance of Mental Health Exams for the Elderly

    Topics: Mental Health

    05.1.14

    Tips for Helping the Elderly Who Suffer from Mental Health Disorders

    Topics: Mental Health

    04.29.14

    Are Your Elderly Residents Stubborn, Tired, or Something More

    Topics: Long-term Care, Depression

    04.28.14

    Keeping Seniors Social

    Topics:

    04.24.14

    Welcome Two New Directors to the New England Geriatrics Team

    Topics:

    04.17.14

    Five Tips for Dementia Caregivers

    Topics: Caregivers, Dementia

    04.15.14

    Creating a Supportive and Healing Environment in Long-term Care

    Topics: Long-term Care

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