The upcoming holidays signify an uptick inside Iowa hospitals. Health professionals say they see more people experiencing a mental health crisis.Boone County Hospital plans to combat it with a safe room. It’s a space where people with behavioral health issues can go and still receive care.It’s set up so the patient cannot do harm to themselves or anyone else.Director of Inpatient Services Lisa Paige says it’s something they’ve needed for years.It sounds simple, but the price tag is $160,000. She says it’s not just for the hospital, but the community. It allows patients to stay closer to home and their support system, as they receive care.”With the nursing shortages that are going on right now across all nursing personnel, our ability to put a staff member in to keep that patient as safe as possible is waning. We just don’t have enough staff to continue to do that process,” Paige said.They need money to make it happen. That’s where this Friday’s Harvest Festival comes in.The hospital’s foundation is throwing it virtually because of COVID-19. It’ll kick off fundraising efforts for the safe room.You can visit this website to get involved.
BOONE, Iowa —
The upcoming holidays signify an uptick inside Iowa hospitals. Health professionals say they see more people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Boone County Hospital plans to combat it with a safe room. It’s a space where people with behavioral health issues can go and still receive care.
It’s set up so the patient cannot do harm to themselves or anyone else.
Director of Inpatient Services Lisa Paige says it’s something they’ve needed for years.
It sounds simple, but the price tag is $160,000. She says it’s not just for the hospital, but the community. It allows patients to stay closer to home and their support system, as they receive care.
“With the nursing shortages that are going on right now across all nursing personnel, our ability to put a staff member in to keep that patient as safe as possible is waning. We just don’t have enough staff to continue to do that process,” Paige said.
They need money to make it happen. That’s where this Friday’s Harvest Festival comes in.
The hospital’s foundation is throwing it virtually because of COVID-19. It’ll kick off fundraising efforts for the safe room.
You can visit this website to get involved.
