NEWS & NOTES

Right Time Care is the Bert Nash Center Medical Team’s scheduling system, which is designed to get patient appointments scheduled in a timely manner and so patients won’t run out of their medications. “When a patient calls, we get them scheduled typically with five to seven business days,” said Deb Johnston, who is the Client Care Specialist and scheduler for Right Time Care. “Our goal is to make sure that we get the patient taken care of. We do everything we can to make sure

The pandemic impacted the physical health and wellbeing of people in different ways. Many people became more concerned about their mortal life and how to take care of it. It also impacted the mental wellbeing of communities in different ways. Anxiety for catching the illness ran rampant. Paranoia at the sound of a cough was high. Stay-at-home orders and the inability to seek out friends left many isolated and alone in times of need. That was especially true for the BIPOC (Bla

If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255. For Bonnie Castro, helping others is a way to help herself. Bonnie is a Bert Nash Center Community Support Services case manager. Drawing upon her own recovery journey, she helps others who are going through mental health issues. Bonnie has borderline personality disorder. Speaking from experience, Bonnie said, “It gets better. You learn skills. You learn ways to c

For the past 30 plus years, Richard (Rich) Failla has made the mental health field his life’s work. He will bring that wealth of experience to his new role as executive director of the Crisis Recovery Center, which is part of the Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County. Behavioral Health Partners, Inc., a nonprofit partnership between Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and LMH Health, announced the hiring of Failla. He will begin his new duties later this month.

A house is not a home, the saying goes. But for residents of Transitions, as well as The Cottages, it will be. Transitions is a two-story, 12-bed supportive housing facility for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. The Cottages, operated by the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority, are 10 separate one-level units that provide permanent supportive housing for individuals with serious persistent mental illness. Transitions and The Cottages, along with a crisis rec