North Florida Assessment and Counseling

06/30/2025

How fascinating!

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence tool that helps clinicians identify nine types of dementia.

05/07/2024

Wow - a step closer to finding the genetics behind Alzhiemer's Disease!

An estimated 15% of Alzheimer’s patients carry two copies of the APOE4 gene, which has been identified for the first time to be an underlying cause of the disease.

05/06/2024

Dogs and Seniors

The benefit of owning a dog only gets better with age. Much of this is due to the fact that dogs can be our most loyal companions when we’re faced with life’s inevitables that can lead to feelings of loneliness and overcoming bereavement. Interestingly, dogs also make the tail ends of our lives more exciting— and even longer-lasting.

Dogs Make Seniors More Active, Physically and Socially
It’s no secret that people who own dogs are more active. This is great for any human but especially seniors with decreased mobility. What’s more, dogs also make seniors more social.

Older adults who walk dogs are more likely to accomplish more frequent moderate and vigorous exercise than those who don’t own dogs. (Gerontologist)

Dog owners have a 24% lower risk of death from any cause than non-dog owners. (Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes)

Dog owners have a lower risk of cardiovascular death because they have lower blood pressure and better responses to stress. (AHA Journals)

Older adults who walk dogs experience lower body mass index, fewer daily living limitations, and even fewer doctor visits than those who don’t own dogs. (Gerontologist)

Dogs Improve Seniors’ Psyche
In addition to easing seniors’ bodies into more active states, dogs also can ease older adults’ minds. Consider some of the following ways in which dogs decrease stress and side effects of stress in seniors, plus how canines improve older adults’ cognitive functions.

Dogs decrease agitation in seniors with dementia. (American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias)

Dogs can soothe Alzheimer’s patients and mitigate emotional flare-ups and aggression, especially in seniors. (University of California at Davis)

Nursing home residents report lower levels of stress when a dog lives in the nursing home. (Applied Animal Behavior Science)

Owning a pet, including dogs, reduces the harmful effects of stress for senior citizens. (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)

Pet therapy, including dog therapy, improves cognitive functions in older adults, especially those in long-term care facilities. (Psychogeriatrics)

05/09/2023

Interesting read on how men grieve… NFACI provides therapists who can assist with this difficult road. Call 352-494-6857 for more information.

The widowhood effect, and the age of highest risk.

07/25/2022

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07/22/2022

NFACI can help! We are experts in addresses losses due to isolation surrounding covid. Clincian's provide care in patient homes!

Please help us provide critically needed aid to those most vulnerable and adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

07/22/2022

NFACI IS HIRING.
Seeking LCSW’s or Psychologist for contract work. NFACI provides in home or onsite psychotherapy to seniors and the disabled. We are seeking seasoned clinicians who have a passion for geriatrics and are well versed in private practice. This is a thriving practice that needs multiple clinicians for Duval and Alachua counties. Click on link for details -

NFACI provides in home counseling for seniors and the disabled.  The agency is growing by leaps and bounds and we are hiring multiple clinicians.  Patients are Medicare recipients.  Reimbursement is between $54-$73 per hour.  Clinicians are required to see a minimum of 3 patients or as many as 2...

08/13/2021

NFACI IS HIRING.

Seeking LCSW’s or Psychologist for contract work. NFACI provides in home or onsite psychotherapy to seniors and the disabled. We are seeking seasoned clinicians who have a passion for geriatrics and are well versed in private practice. This is a thriving practice that needs multiple clinicians for Jacksonville and Gainesville. Click on link for details -

NFACI provides in home counseling for seniors and the disabled. The agency is growing by leaps and bounds and we are hiring multiple clinicians. Patients are Medicare recipients. Reimbursement is between $54-$73 per hour. Clinicians are required to see a minimum of 3 patients or as many as 2...

08/22/2019

https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/How-to-prepare-yourself-for-the-good-end-of-life-13622599.php?utm_campaign=CMS+Sharing+Tools+%28Premium%29&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR22h62zHxBRxPirXtV3HJkGVRIHU-RtLaDycsOj-cD051QiML_jVPkHZus

My parents lived good lives and expected to die good deaths. They exercised daily, ate plenty of fruits and vegetables, and kept, in their well-organized files, boilerplate advance health directives. But when he was 79, my beloved and seemingly vigorous father came up from his basement study, put on...

08/13/2019

This would be amazing for seniors. Geriatric counselors are well aware of the gravity of loneliness - seeing patients every day that don't speak to anyone, have little contact with their community and rarely leave the home.

For some, the idea is just another sign of the creeping medicalization of everyday human woes: Is it really the best we can do to fix the loneliness ‘epidemic’?