1. “A PLACE OF CARING….IN YOUR TIME OF NEED”
St. James Behavioral Health Hos-
pital is a 28 bed, acute inpatient
facility offering services to those
suffering from mental illness.
Valentines Day—Is it Over-rated??
The facility offers a warm and
welcoming environment for
family and clients, as well as pro-
fessional staff to care for your
Do you remember when will she think I assume she Psychologists have found that
loved one. We accept clients
Valentines Day used to be is fat? Is the gift too ex- a feeling of equity is impor- from the age 18 and older and
about giving cards and travagant or too imper- tant. That is, the partners offer Intensive Outpatient ser-
candy to everyone in your sonal? Are roses too pre- feel they are each getting vices through our IOP. If you or
class? Man, were those the dictable?” about as much as they are a loved one is in need of ser-
days. Now, it’s the perfect giving. Not that they are vices, please feel free to call for a
Love is much more com- free evaluation.
card, the perfect gift, or the plex than flowers and keeping score, but over the
perfect date. Isn’t there chocolates. Social psy- long run things even out. 3136 S. St. Landry Drive
enough pressure in relation- chologists have been study- What does this all mean? Gonzales, LA 70737
ships already without having ing interpersonal attraction If you wish, buy that card or Office: (225) 647-7524
to live up to some romantic and love for almost four those flowers, but keep in
ideal on Valentines Day? Toll Free; (866) 431-7524
decades, and they still have- mind that this will not make
Pauline Wallin, Ph.D. states, n’t figured it out com- or break a relationship. Bet- Fax: (225) 647-4752
“In recent decades, Valen- pletely. Long-term satisfac- ter yet, show your partner www.sjbhh.com
tines day has become in- tion in relationships doesn’t love and consideration the
creasingly commercialized. depend on material wealth other 364 days of the year as QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Modern relationships are or success. Nor does it well. It will make a greater “I recently read that love is
difficult enough without depend on physical attrac- impact than doing so accord- entirely a matter of chemistry.
having to stage a major per- tiveness. A recent study of That must be why my wife
formance on a designated ing to a calendar.
middle-aged college gradu- treats me like toxic waste.”
day. Men agonize over the ates indicated that good- - David Bissonette
greeting card racks, hoping looking people, on average,
to choose a card that is not were no more satisfied with
too funny, not too mushy. their marriages or with
JOKE OF THE MONTH
And the gift? How will she their lives, than were
interpret it they ponder. If I plainer people. So what
buy her chocolates will she does constitute a long-term
think I want her to get fat? contentment in relation-
If I don’t buy her chocolates
ships?
Employee of the Month
Our January employee of Correctional in the past. Holly
the month is Holly Man- is a team player and never says
singh, who has been with the words, “it’s not my job”.
our team for almost 2 years. She helps out the staff in what-
Holly is an LPN on our unit ever is needed on the unit and
and has been in nursing for does whatever it takes to get
many years. She came to us the job done. We thank Holly
from Gifted Nursing and has for all her hard work and com-
been employed by St. Eliza- mitment to St. James. Keep up Find us on Facebook
beth’s Hospital and Hunt St. James Behavioral Health
the good work!! Hospital

2. FEBRUARY EDITION Page 2
Schedule of
Events
Monthly Observance
1-28 Age-Related Macular Degenera-
February 2011
tion/Low Vision Awareness
1-28 Children’s Dental Health Month Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
(National) 1 2 3 4 5
1-28 Condom Month (National)
1-28 Heart Month (American)
1-28 Kids ENT Health Month 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1-28 Wise Health Care Consumer
Month
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Week-Long Observances Valentines
Day
1-7 Patient Recognition Week and
Day (National) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
6-12 Burn Awareness Week President’s
7-13 PeriAnesthesia Nurse Awareness Day
Week 27 28
7-14 Congenital Heart Defect Aware-
ness Week
13-19 Cardiovascular Professional
Week
20-26 Eating Disorder Awareness
Week ( National)
Recognition Days / Events
4 Wear Red Day (National) Spotlight Facility of the Month
11 Day of the Sick (World)
Audubon Health and Rehab
Our spotlight falls on Audubon bed Alzheimer’s Unit, which has
Health and Rehab of Thibodaux, a been opened since February of 1997,
160 bed long-term care facility. At offers activity programs that have
Audubon, resident and family needs been carefully designed to help meet
continue to remain the center focus the special needs of residents coping
of nursing care for the citizens of with dementia related illness. In-
Thibodaux and surrounding Louisi- house therapies include physical and
ana communities. Since opening in speech therapy, as well as activities
1985, the facility has exercised a such as bingo, movie and popcorn
“whole family approach” to nursing day, outings and more. They also Audubon Health and Rehab
care by educating families, providing provide support meetings for families
2110 Audubon Avenue
individualized Care Plan meetings, who are dealing with Alzheimer’s. If
and aiding with difficult decisions you or a loved one is in need of Thibodaux, LA 70301
regarding the healthcare of their long-term care, contact Audubon Tel (985) 446-3109 Fax (985) 447-5329
loved ones. Their specialized 44 and find a place to call home. www.audubonhealthandrehab.com