Senior Life Solutions
St. Joseph's Hospital is excited to announce a new service for older adults called Senior Life Solutions.
What is Senior Life Solutions?
Senior Life Solutions is an outpatient hospital program designed to support the mental health of older adults experiencing depression, anxiety, or other mental challenges often associated with aging. Our voluntary program includes individual and group therapy, psychiatry, medication management, and health screens. Participants in the program attend group, individual, and family therapy sessions led by a licensed therapist. They also meet with a psychiatrist at least once a month.
How does someone know if they are eligible for Senior Life Solutions? How can they be referred?
Anyone can make a referral to our program, including self-referrals, primary care physicians, specialists, family members, friends, community groups, and nursing or residential facilities. A Senior Life Solutions clinician can provide a confidential assessment to determine if you, or a loved one, are eligible for the program. Just give us a call at 304-460-7455.
What kinds of challenges do older adults face as they age, and how do these challenges affect their mental health?
Many of us will experience major life changes as we age, including retirement, moving to a new home, losing a loved one, physical limitations, or a loss of independence. These changes can be difficult to process and lead us to feel sad, guilty, hopeless, or even worthless. Life changes, especially those we didn’t initiate, can trigger symptoms of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges that can negatively impact the way we live. When we don’t treat these symptoms, or we cope with them in unhealthy ways, our quality of life can quickly deteriorate. Our mental health can impact the way we experience life, and even affect our physical health.
Senior Life Solutions Can Help Older Adults Who Are Experiencing:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Suicidal thoughts
- Chronic health diagnosis
- Recent traumatic event
- Loss of a loved one
- Change in living conditions
- Loss of interest in activities
- Frequent feelings of sadness, guilt, worry, or worthlessness
- Need for frequent visits to the emergency room or clinic
- Feeling overwhelmed or stressed due to being a caregiver
- Change in energy, sleep, and/or weight
Struggling? Senior Life Solutions is Here to Help!
Following a comprehensive, confidential individual assessment, patients meet up to three times per week in a supportive, encouraging group setting. Led by a licensed therapist, these supportive groups offer a safe space to share experiences, practice coping and communication skills, receive feedback, and build connections with others facing similar challenges.
Senior Life Solutions also offers:
Individual therapy
Family therapy
Teletherapy
Medication education and management
After-care planning
Benefits of Senior Life Solutions:
- Coping and communication skills
- Regular health screens (vital signs, sleep patterns, weight changes, mood, etc.)
- Medication management
- Psychiatric treatment
- Individual therapy
- Group support
Meet Our Team:
Pictured left to right, our team includes:
Sheena Dohar, DO, Psychiatrist
Michelle Posey, MSW, LICSW, Licensed Therapist
Virginia Davis, Office and Patient Coordinator
Taylor Matlick, RN, Program Director
Location:
Senior Life Solutions at St. Joseph's Hospital is located in Pallotti Pavilion at 102 Pallottine Drive, Building P, Buckhannon, WV 26201
Senior Life Solutions
Learn more about this program from our Senior Life Solutions Program Director, Taylor Matlick.