Dr. Jim Collins

The United States population is getting older, the need for high-quality senior care is ever present, and senior care communities continue to experience staffing shortages and high turn-over rates despite raising wages. Recruiting skilled employees has become one of the greatest challenges in this industry and the need for creative and effective recruitment methods have …

Major depressive disorder and pain are two serious mental and physical health conditions affecting millions of people in the United States and around the world. The two conditions often co-occur and negatively influence each other. Although there are currently psychotropic medications for depression and drugs that help to alleviate pain, they come with side effects …

There has been great interest in exploring the endocannabinoid system’s role in various physical and mental health conditions including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Pharmacological approaches to the treatment of ADHD include psychostimulants like Adderall, as well as anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications, all of which come with potentially harmful side effects. It’s also estimated …

Person-centered care has been around for almost 20 years as a philosophy placing the elderly nursing home or assisted living client in the center of the care process. It focuses on choice, independence, and quality of life. Some time ago, many healthcare professionals were concerned that person-centered care would not be endorsed by The Centers …

Parkinson’s disease is becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States and around the world and is now the second leading neurodegenerative disease second only to Alzheimer’s disease. Besides the characteristic motor symptoms, depression and anxiety are the most common non-movement symptoms and are highly associated with accelerated decline and poor quality of life. Although medications …

Due to the sheer numbers of people who have and will develop a dementia-like condition, like Alzheimer’s disease, and especially those who will suffer from undiagnosed pain related to agitation, there is a real need for a safe and effective treatment, free of the potentially life-threatening side effects of many psychotropic medications in use today. …

Senior care communities across the country are striving to not only provide the best person-centered care and services, but are always working on the necessity that is occupancy. Operating half-full communities does nothing to maximize the environment, culinary services, quality of life activities, staffing, or anything else. But, how does one community compete with so …

Being a younger adult facing a future in a skilled nursing facility for anywhere between 20 to 40 years or more can invoke emotions of depression, helplessness, anxiety and hopelessness. Many will move in with conditions including severe mental illness, neurological disorders, substance-use problems and hemiplegia or quadriplegia, making life in the home even more …

In the midst of the growing popularity of CBD in the United States and around the world, it may have been missed by many that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved four cannabinoid-based medications: Epidiolex (cannabidiol), Marinol (Dronabinol), Syndros (Dronabinol) and Cesamet (Nabilone). Each medication is used for a specific condition, comes with …