The rapidly growing segment of senior citizens throughout the country has resulted in an opportunity for small acute care hospitals to meet a severe need in behavioral health services.

One in four older adults has a significant mental disorder, and this group of citizens are at increased risk, compared with younger adults, for receiving inadequate and inappropriate care. Without effective treatment, behavioral disorders in the elderly are associated with significant disabilities: impaired independent and community-based functioning, compromised quality of life, cognitive impairment, increased care giver stress, disability, increased mortality, and poor health outcomes. *

UltraGroup’s Senior Care Programs offer hospitals the opportunity to provide a valuable resource for their communities and physicians to more effectively treat such disorders commonly found in the elderly. This Medicare based program is designed to provide a high quality outpatient service with measurable clinical outcomes.

UltraGroup provides a full compliment of professional staff members, including the psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and community educators. Our tested marketing materials are integrated within the hospital’s existing program and we also provide a full array of financial, regulatory, and clinical services for our hospital sites.

* The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health 2003