Goldenwood Services
Providing Psychological and Behavioral Services to Long Term Care Residents in PA, NJ and DE for Over 20 Years
JEFFREY GOLD, PH.D.
Clinical Psychologist
2865 South Eagle Road
Suite 335
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone: 215-479-6439
Fax: 866-854-5355
We are available to provide psychological and behavioral health services to residents in facilities in parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Dr. Gold has been providing such services in the long term care environment for over 20 years, has trained and supervised over 100 mental health professionals, has written a book on successful behavioral management, and has spoken around the country on this topic on numerous occasions.
Psychologists can assist you not only by providing an additional service for the improvement and adjustment of your residents and families, but also by helping you comply with the myriad of rules and regulations you must follow, including restraint reduction, behavioral approaches, psychotherapy, MDS 3.0 mood and behavior follow up, rehab enhancement and family support.
With Goldenwood Services
- We provide a course of follow-up therapeutic visits; not just initial evaluations
- No cost to the facility; we do our own billing off site
- Once in agreement, we can provide services immediately; no waiting for staffing
- We integrate and discuss care with facility staff, attend meetings, and provide inservices
Owner/Manager
- Has had life long practice in PA, NJ and DE
- Has been providing mental and behavioral health care in LTC over 20 years
- Knows facility needs and regulations
- Is an author and national speaker on behavior management in LTC
- Is a formerly certified personal care home administrator
- Is not an investor from some other part of the country
- Is licensed, direct provider and supervisor
- Provides inservices and audits
Services
- Individual counseling/therapy for anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulty, rehab and behavior challenges
- Consultation and coordination of care; integrate with team
- Behavior management alternatives to medications
- Rehab enhancement
- Family support sessions
- Documentation audits
- Inservices on mental health education, grief and stress, dementia, behavior management and other topics
- Help with hospitalizations
- Attend medication/behavioral/Medicare/rehab meetings
Facility benefits
- Behavioral and non-medication solutions
- Restraint reductions
- Maintain patients in rehab
- Therapy notes support higher MDS/RUGS scores
- Enhanced compliance with psychosocial outcomes severity guidelines and restraint reduction
- Documentation in chart same day
- Reduced staff stress; support to staff
- Predictable/regular scheduling of psychologist
- Documentation of care for more complex cases, rehab, mood disorders, MDS support
Goldenwood Services also offers consulting and educational services throughout the United States.