The Riverside Center

Peace of Mind
No one ever said that growing older would be easy. In fact, sometimes as older adults we face numerous challenges and difficult changes as part of the aging process. All too often, we face repeated losses in our later years.

Our loved ones
Our own health
Our independence
Our memory and concentration

It is a combination of these losses that can understandably prove to be overwhelming at times. Fortunately is at these times that we are not alone. Riverside Center at Stones River Hospital is here to offer specialized support and peace of mind when you and your family need it most.

Providing Support
Riverside Center is a unit within Stones River Hospital that accommodates up to 22 patients at a time, and provides optimum psychiatric care and support to seniors and those who love them. The center specializes in working with older adults. Because of this specialization, each person is treated as a unique and valuable individual by staff and physicians sensitive to the distinctive needs of seniors.

We Can Help
The key to understanding our treatment starts with our team of professionals. Riverside Center has selected individuals from many specialized areas for their compassion and experience in working with older adults and their families.

Our team consists of experts in the field of Psychiatry, Nursing, Social Work, Nutrition, Psychology, Medicine, and Physical, Recreational, and Occupational Therapy. Our staff, much like a family, has learned to work closely together to meet the needs of our patients and provide the best care possible. Because we maintain a high staff-to-patient ratio, those we assist receive complete individualized care and a great deal of attention. This promotes the optimum environment of comfort, safety, and security.

Fostering Hope
Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Riverside Center has developed a special program designed for seniors suffering from depression and/or anxiety. These conditions are silent epidemics in our country today, and some studies suggest that at least one in five seniors is currently battling clinical depression.

Depression is not a sign of weakness. Families often feel frustrated because nothing they do seems to help. Professional treatment is often times necessary, and the good news is that treatment for depression is highly effective.

Professional and comprehensive treatment and care is available at Riverside Center. With treatment, our staff can ease the pain of depression, relieve the symptoms, promote independence, and help make life worth living again.

Preserving Dignity
Memory Disorders
Riverside Center has developed a special program to treat individuals suffering from problems with memory. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia’s occur in a greater number of people as more individuals live to see an older age. While there is no cure for dementia, there are medications that can slow the progressive decline. At Riverside Center the doctors and staff of professionals use medications and behavioral modification techniques to minimize behaviors that cause risks to the patient or the caregivers.

Our goal is to improve the quality of life for persons with memory disorders. We provide close supervision over all patients, with a secure unit that ensures the safety and security of each individual. We strive to bring peace of mind to the family, and work closely with the families of our patients to deliver hope, education, resources, and comprehensive medical care.

The Care Begins With You
If you are concerned about yourself or someone you love, please take the first step in getting help. All it takes to refer someone to River Center at Stones River Hospital is a simple phone call. Our specialists will gather the basic information and schedule a convenient time to meet for an assessment. This can be completed in the privacy of one’s own home, a long-term care facility, physician’s office or hospital.
The assessment gives individuals and families the chance to ask any questions or state any concerns they may have about seeking treatment. Our intake assessments are confidential and available at no charge by calling 1-800-706-9529.