Eagle Valley Behavioral Health partners with local organizations including valley businesses, community groups, mental health providers, school district, government entities, first responders and communicators to collaborate on behavioral health initiatives and provide the critical change needed to ensure a long-term vision for a robust, sustainable behavioral health system with the goal of creating resilience in our community and increasing overall well being.
The fastest growing segment of the Eagle County population are those over 65 and they are concerned about their ability to age healthy and in their homes. Yet, more than two-thirds of older individuals will require some form of long-term care during the remainder of their lifetime. In many cases, this responsibility falls on a family member. Being an unpaid family caregiver is extremely stressful and high percentages of caregivers report depression, anxiety, anticipatory grief or grief for "losing" a person to Alzheimer's. Their physical health often suffers as well due to stress, exhaustion and burnout. For these reasons, Eagle Valley Behavioral Health is partnering with and providing funding to assist with the work of Caregiver Connections to meet the needs of family caregivers.
