Acute Care for Elders Unit
- Bariatric Surgery
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Behavioral Health
- Inpatient Services
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Outpatient Services
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Community Counseling Program
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Counselors
- Ellen McElderry, LIMHP, LADC
- Roxanne Wayne, LIMHP
- Ryan Brown, PLMHP
- Robert Campbell, PLMHP
- Angela Erickson, MA, LIMHP
- Darren Flores, PLMHP, PCMSW
- Adrian Lynn-Genevieve, MS, PLMHP
- April Haldeman, LIMHP
- Candice Harrington, LIMHP, LADC
- Jacob Hedlund, PLMHP, PCMSW
- Tori Hudson, PLMHP
- Tabitha Jameson, LIMHP
- Kaela Johnson, MS, PLMHP
- Debra Kissel, LICSW, LIMHP, LADC
- Alex Keogh, PLMHP
- Sabrina Knerr, PLICSW
- Tylinn Lewis, LIMHP, LIMFT
- Mikayla Linakis, PLIMHP
- DaeJanira LynCook, MS, LMHP
- Callie Moore, MS, PLMHP
- Natalie Nelson, PLMHP, PCMSW
- Alex Nguyen, MS, PLMHP
- Katie Pafford, LIMHP
- Lisa Peter, PLMHP
- Brock Thornburg, LIMHP, CMSW
- Jerry Vobejda, LIMHP
- Sarah Wiegman LIMHP, LADC
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Counselors
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Community Counseling Program
- Birth Services
- Cancer Care
- Clinical Trials
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Geriatrics and Senior Services
- Heart and Vascular
- Hospitalists
- Imaging
- Pathology
- Physical Therapy
- Primary Care
- Pulmonary Diagnostic Testing
- Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
- Surgery
- Urology
- Women's Health
Methodist My Care
Geriatric Care in a Specialized Setting
Acute care staff members across Methodist Health System are specially trained to care for older adults. At Methodist Hospital, staff members receive additional geriatrics education to work on the Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit.
The ACE Unit is designed to address the special needs of older adults, their families and caregivers. Nurses on the ACE Unit are either certified in gerontological nursing or participate in a nurse residency program in geropalliative care called AgeWISE. Additionally, all caregivers receive geriatric-specific education.
The ACE Unit’s physical design and programming are adapted to a patient's age-related changes and includes special features to enhance their mobility and independence, including:
- Caregiver workstations outside patient rooms
- Carpeted floors
- Pet therapy visits
- Physical therapy evaluations
- Therapeutic recreation activities
- Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) volunteer visits
The ACE Unit conducts daily interdisciplinary 4Ms clinical rounds to check on What Matters to the older adult and their Medications, Mentation and Mobility.
Our goals for patients are to prevent or reduce the following:
- Delirium (acute confusion)
- Functional decline
- Falls
- Skin breakdown
- Immobility
- Constipation
- Use of urinary catheters