Integrated Health Care for Older Adults: A Model Partnership

• By: Nancy Harvey, LMSW Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health, care coordination, caregiver assistance, home-based services, hospital discharge planning, integrated care, mental health support, older adults
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When Sonia was discharged from New York-Presbyterian (NYP) hospital last winter her Care Coordinator arranged for home care, meals, nurse visits, transportation, medical equipment and prescriptions. She went home confident that she would be safe and would receive ongoing care at home as she...

Seniors and Substance Use

• By: Diane Lotto, LCSW CoveCare Center
• April 1st, 2019
• alcohol misuse, barriers to treatment, depression, grief and bereavement, home-based services, older adult substance use, peer support, prescription drug misuse
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After her husband died, Sandra began having trouble sleeping. She tried many over- the-counter remedies to help her sleep, but nothing worked. Sandra was hesitant to speak with her doctor about it as she knew that many prescription sleep aides were addictive, and she was concerned about becoming...