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
- Jerry Vobejda, LIMHP
- Roxanne Wayne, LIMHP
- Ryan Brown, LIMHP
- Robert Campbell, PLMHP
- Darren Flores, PLMHP, PCMSW
- Adrian Lynn-Genevieve, MS, PLMHP
- April Haldeman, LIMHP
- Candice Harrington, LIMHP, LADC
- Jacob Hedlund, PLMHP, PCMSW
- Tori Hudson, LIMHP
- Tabitha Jameson, LIMHP
- Kaela Johnson, MS, PLMHP
- Monique Kellogg, PLMHP, PCSW
- Debra Kissel, LICSW, LIMHP, LADC
- Alex Keogh, PLMHP
- Sabrina Knerr, LICSW
- Tylinn Lewis, LIMHP, LIMFT
- Mikayla Linakis, PLIMHP
- Natalie Nelson, LICSW
- Alex Nguyen, MS, PLMHP
- Katie Pafford, LIMHP
- Brock Thornburg, LIMHP, CMSW
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Counselors
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Community Counseling Program
- Birth Services
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Cancer Care
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer Nutrition Services
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cancer Support Services
- Cancer Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Head and Neck Oncology
- Hereditary Cancer Risk Program
- Lung and Thoracic Oncology
- Oncology Social Workers
- Psycho-Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Skin Cancer
- Surgical Oncology
- 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 is recognized by the Institute of Health Care Improvement as an Age-Friendly Health System. This designation recognizes and supports the unit’s implementation of the 4Ms – What Matters, Medications, Mentation and Mobility – which are specifically designed to improve care for older adults.
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