July is recognized as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a time when organizations across the United States come together to bring awareness to the unique challenges that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities face when it comes to mental illness. Check out this issue for resources and information on ways nursing facilities can bring awareness to the impact of mental health.

This month’s issue highlights post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Learn how your facility can support residents with PTSD.

This month's issue celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out SAMHSA’s Mental Health Awareness Month Toolkit.

This month’s newsletter focuses on Alcohol Awareness. Learn about the impact that alcohol and AUD have on individuals' health and society as a whole.

This month’s newsletter explores managing residents with bipolar disorder and regulatory requirement considerations for residents with serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder.

In this issue, we highlight our new Behavioral Health Needs Assessment

As the number of older adults with chronic medical illnesses and substance use disorders and especially opioid use disorder (OUD) increases, so does the need for post–acute care services in skilled nursing facilities. In our last Making Health Care Better podcast episode, we chatted with Dr. Swati Gaur. Dr. Gaur is Alliant Health Solution’s medical director and she is also a practicing physician who specializes in geriatric medicine. She is back today along with Wilbert Martin, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities Recovery Specialist. They are going to share insight about what nursing facility staff can do now to help provide better care for residents with substance use disorders.

The Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities was featured on the Alliant Health Solutions Making Healthcare Better Podcast.

As the number of older adults with chronic medical illnesses and substance use disorders and especially opioid use disorder (OUD) increases, so does the need for post–acute care services in skilled nursing facilities.

Today on the Making Health Care Better podcast, we’ll chat with Dr. Swati Gaur. Dr. Gaur is Alliant Health Solution’s medical director and she is also a practicing physician who specializes in geriatric medicine. Join us as she shares insight about what nursing facility staff need to know about managing substance use disorders.

In this month’s issue, we highlight our behavioral health efforts in grant year 1

In this month’s issue, we provide an in-depth look at the Holiday Blues in nursing facilities