Kaela Akers

Mental Health Technician at Friends Hospital

Kaela Akers is a dedicated professional in the behavioral health field with extensive experience spanning various roles over several years. Currently serving as a Behavioral Health Associate at Einstein Healthcare Network since October 2021, Kaela also holds a position as a Mental Health Technician at Friends Hospital since June 2018. Previous experience includes roles as a Behavioral Health Technician at FMA Professional Resources and a Personal Care Assistant at CCRES, along with earlier positions in childcare and IT consulting. Kaela's educational background comprises a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and Pre-Nursing Studies from Gwynedd Mercy University.

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Philadelphia, United States

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Friends Hospital

Friends Hospital is the oldest private psychiatric hospital in the United States providing psychiatric treatment to adolescents, adults, and seniors for more than 200 years. A rural oasis in an urban setting, the hospital's beautiful 100-acre campus offers a quiet refuge where healing has taken place for two centuries. In 1813, the Quakers founded Friends Hospital based on the belief that all people, even those with a mental illness, can live a “moral, ordered existence if treated with kindness, dignity and respect.” The main focus of “moral treatment” was to strengthen the mental wellness of each patient. Thus, treatment concentrated on strengthening mental health, not on curing mental illness. This was a departure from the accepted view of the time and the guiding principle on which all of the hospital’s procedures were based. Today, Friends Hospital still operates under this original mission and, using behavioral health evidence-based practices coupled with modern principles of wellness and recovery, strives to provide patients with the tools they need to understand and manage their illness in a compassionate and supportive environment. This approach has earned the facility the distinction as one of Philadelphia’s top mental health facilities and the only inpatient psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania to achieve Top Performer on Key Quality Measures ® from The Joint Commission for four years in a row. In 2016, Friends Hospital is one of a select group of healthcare facilities in the U.S. to be named Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).


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