In-Home Care Provider Nizhoni Looking to Scale ‘Distinct’ Behavioral Health Model
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Most home health companies build their operations by taking care of older adults with chronic medical conditions or those who have recently returned home from the hospital.
But one Massachusetts-based provider with its sights set on nationwide growth is taking a very different route.
Launched in 2004, Sommerville, Massachusetts-based Nizhoni Health almost exclusively serves complex behavioral health patients with multiple health needs, providing services that include skilled nursing, home health aides and therapy. While a typical home health patient might be a 70-year-old homebound individual with congestive heart failure, Nizhoni’s go-to patients are often younger, mobile adults suffering from schizophrenia and other acute mental illnesses.