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Revitalizing Psychiatry
Geriatric Psychiatry
Work with Elderly Population
Our center provides considerable amount of services to elderly population. Our doctors are highly trained
geriatric psychiatrists.
We offer outpatient services at our Hackensack Center as well as on premises of Nursing Homes, Adult
Day Care Centers and Assisted Living Communities.
What we do:
Conduct active research in the fields of geriatric psychiatry and psychology
Present a number of innovative techniques and methodologies in addressing: Alzheimer’s disease,
memory loss, depression, anxiety, and behavioral and other mental problems in the elderly.
Our Center offers multidisciplinary services:
- Psychiatric assessment and evaluations
- Medication monitoring and planning
- Both individual and group psychotherapy specifically developed for the elderly
- relaxation therapy sessions
- family therapy
- memory loss reversal programs including early stages of Alzheimer's disease
- maintenance of stability in advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease
- supportive therapy approach for family members
Our Mission:
To lessen the damaging impact of the transitional process and period of losses in the elderly not only
through adjustment to change, but also through learning how to win back some of the independence that
is lost. We strongly believe that to achieve our goal it is not enough to work only with our clients, but we
must also address these changes within their surrounding environment, which includes our staff, family
members and friends.
The main issues that we can address in our treatment:
1. Personal mental health. We are specializing in treatment of the following mental conditions:
2. Life’s transitions—the period of losses. One of the major features of aging is charachterized by
multiple losses:
Loss of health:
3. Family interaction:
4. Peers and friends:
5. Staff education:
Our Methodologies
Solution-Focused therapy
We help the residents to develop specific skills for adjustment to multiple losses and changes within their
environment through individual and group therapy.
State-of-the-Art Psychopharmacology
We can safely and effectively treat mental illness by focusing on psychopharmacological issues from the
perspectives of age and age-related disease effects on particular organ systems, taking into account
possible drug interactions.
Group Counseling
Individual Counseling
Family System Approach
Staff Education
Our primary service area comprises Bergen and Passaic Counties of New
Jersey.
Our staff is not only professionally qualified and experienced, but also possesses multilingual abilities and
cultural diversity, thus allowing better avenues for communication and understanding between our staff
and our clients.
Our center provides considerable amount of services to elderly population. Our doctors are highly trained
geriatric psychiatrists.
We offer outpatient services at our Hackensack Center as well as on premises of Nursing Homes, Adult
Day Care Centers and Assisted Living Communities.
What we do:
Conduct active research in the fields of geriatric psychiatry and psychology
Present a number of innovative techniques and methodologies in addressing: Alzheimer’s disease,
memory loss, depression, anxiety, and behavioral and other mental problems in the elderly.
Our Center offers multidisciplinary services:
- Psychiatric assessment and evaluations
- Medication monitoring and planning
- Both individual and group psychotherapy specifically developed for the elderly
- relaxation therapy sessions
- family therapy
- memory loss reversal programs including early stages of Alzheimer's disease
- maintenance of stability in advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease
- supportive therapy approach for family members
Our Mission:
To lessen the damaging impact of the transitional process and period of losses in the elderly not only
through adjustment to change, but also through learning how to win back some of the independence that
is lost. We strongly believe that to achieve our goal it is not enough to work only with our clients, but we
must also address these changes within their surrounding environment, which includes our staff, family
members and friends.
The main issues that we can address in our treatment:
1. Personal mental health. We are specializing in treatment of the following mental conditions:
- Depression or Mood instability
- Anxiety
- Cognitive Decline
- Behavioral Problems (agitation and disorientation)
- Psychosis
- Dealing with grief
- Changes in sleep pattern and appetite
- Irritability
- Emotional sensitivity and vulnerability
2. Life’s transitions—the period of losses. One of the major features of aging is charachterized by
multiple losses:
Loss of health:
- Multiple medical problems
- Changes within physical appearance
- Decreased mobility
- Decline in level of cognitive and physical functioning
- Anticipation of imminent death
- Loneliness and being alone
- Fellow residents’ and friends’ decline in health or death
- Familiar staff members relocate
- Decreased access to friends and family members
- Loss of control of family dynamics
- Home
- Cherished possessions
- Real estate
- Managing tasks of everyday life
- Fear of being a burden/ loss of financial security
- Perceived loss of privacy, freedom, and control
- Lack of accessibility to prior community ties
3. Family interaction:
- Family members’ perception of the elder members and their needs
- Changing family dynamics
- Loss of control in family situations
4. Peers and friends:
- Communication failure
- Self-exile
- Interpersonal relationship problems
5. Staff education:
- Misunderstanding of staff requirements
- Miscommunication
- Potential abuse
Our Methodologies
Solution-Focused therapy
We help the residents to develop specific skills for adjustment to multiple losses and changes within their
environment through individual and group therapy.
State-of-the-Art Psychopharmacology
We can safely and effectively treat mental illness by focusing on psychopharmacological issues from the
perspectives of age and age-related disease effects on particular organ systems, taking into account
possible drug interactions.
Group Counseling
- We address interpersonal relationships within a group setting, emphasizing communication of the
resident’s needs and the understanding of the needs of others. Supportive therapy is also carried
out in a group setting, which teaches residents self-reliance and coping techniques in a day-to-day
situations. - We introduce specific methodology within a group setting, thus allowing the adjustment skills to
develop through the experience of peers. - Memory Enhancement Program
- Progressive Relaxation and Mediation Techniques
- Stress Reduction, Coping Skills, Training Worry Control
Individual Counseling
- We provide supportive therapy and grief management in a one-on-one confidential setting.
- We aid verbalization of feelings and suppressed emotions through the individual therapy approach.
Family System Approach
- We meet with family members to allow them to understand the nature of resident’s problems, as
well as reassure the availability of professional support and supervision of medications prescribed. - We also provide an opportunity for catharsis and ventilation in a secure and confidential,
therapeutic environment.
Staff Education
- Help in understanding resident’s needs
- Teach about providing personalized attention
- Staff-resident relations
- Improve attentiveness
- Address potential abuse
Our primary service area comprises Bergen and Passaic Counties of New
Jersey.
- nursing homes
- adult day cares
- assisted living communities
- outpatient services at our Hackensack office.
Our staff is not only professionally qualified and experienced, but also possesses multilingual abilities and
cultural diversity, thus allowing better avenues for communication and understanding between our staff
and our clients.
We will Revitalize Your Mind!
