A first-in-the-region partnership to address seniors’ mental health will start seeing patients in Sturgeon Bay beginning November 18th. Door County Medical Center announced earlier this month it is joining forces with Senior Life Solutions to offer the intensive outpatient group therapy program to address depression, anxiety, and stress in older adults. Senior Life Solutions has developed partnerships with health care agencies in 20 other states across the country, but the closest one to Door County before the announcement was located in Richland Center, Wis. Senior Life Solutions Program Director Shannon Kanter says the pandemic has increased the need for such services in the region.

Kanter says patients can be referred to the program, where they will then undergo an individual assessment. The program’s team includes a registered nurse, a therapist, and an office/patient coordinator.