Bristol Hospital Building Senior Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit

Bristol Hospital has announced plans to convert a 6,150-square-foot area on its campus into an inpatient behavioral health unit for seniors. The inpatient unit will have 15 beds and is expected to be finished early in 2018.

The new unit will be used to address medication issues, family issues, dietary needs, and social concerns for consumers with conditions such as dementia, depression, severe anxiety, and bipolar disorder. It is anticipated that the new unit will open 30 new job positions, bringing aboard professionals such as registered nurses, a geriatric psychiatrist, social workers, and therapists who specialize in . . .