Blog Post: Psychiatric Home Health Nursing

Psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing is the specialty of nursing care for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis, depression or dementia. Nurses in this area receive additional training in psychological therapies, building a therapeutic alliance, dealing with challenging behavior, and the administration of psychiatric medication.

Cost containment and cost effectiveness are the key phrases in today’s struggle to offer health care services. A heightened interest in outpatient psychiatric services, especially psychiatric home health is gaining momentum across the country. Home psychiatric health care can reduce or even prevent hospitalizations and safely facilitates quicker discharge from psychiatric and medical inpatient settings. Experienced psychiatric nurses, LMSW’s and psychotherapists work in conjunction with the psychiatrist in providing medication management and compliance, techniques for symptom management, psychotherapy and education, and prevention of situational crises.

Al Pageau, Registered Nurse and founder of All Nursing Home Health Services, Inc. had a heart for psychiatric nursing years ago. Al followed his heart and in 1994 opened All Nursing Home Health Services, Inc. with an emphasis on psychiatric home health care.

All Nursing Home Health Services, Inc. has an excellent psychiatric program, then and today. Very few home health agencies offer psychiatric home care. It takes a special agency and a special Registered Nurse to have the heart to do it. The rewards are immeasurable.

If you are a Registered Nurse and have psychiatric training we would love to meet you. Call our office or stop by for a cup of coffee. Together we can help so many patients enjoy life at home.