Older Consumers and the PROS Model: A Growing Challenge

• By: Lauren Hagemann, MA MHA of Nassau County
• April 1st, 2011
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In 2011 the post-World War II “baby boom” generation starts turning 65. With this change it is expected that the census of elderly people diagnosed with a mental illness will also increase. It is projected that by the year 2030, the number of older adults diagnosed with a mental illness will...

Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Veterans and Their Families

• By: John A. Javis, MDiv MHA of Nassau County
• January 1st, 2009
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Even though the U.S. has been at war in Afghanistan since 2001 and in Iraq since 2003, it wasn’t until the summer of 2006 that the first reports of unusually high levels of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among returning veterans were highlighted by the media. In the winter of 2007, the...