Program Description:

Referrals are made by rhe nursing home staff or requested by PCP or families to a Nursing Home Program nurse; triage is done. Physicians are at the nursing homes one half-day each week to evaluate new patients and follow-ups. PCP, families and nursing home staff are included in the plan around treatment. The physicians and a nurse are available for emergencies. In-services are scheduled on a regular basis. The staff collects data and researches the outcome of interventions. Clinical drug trials for memory, depression and behavior disturbance are conducted at the nursing homes.

Facilities:

• Francis E. Parker Memorial Home
• Menlo Park Veterans Home
• Somerset Manor Rest Home

Special Services:

• Consultation and evaluation of patients with follow-up care
• Medication management, education and in-services for staff R/T management techniques and disease process
• Family counseling and education
• Consultations with community physicians
• Clinical drug trials

• Program Insurance Matrix

• Sandy Egan, R.N.C.
• Olga Soto-Moise, M.D.

email: psychopharmacology@umdnj.edu