St. Veronica Behavioral Health Hospital

Senior Behavioral Health Challenges Include Depression, Grief, Anxiety, Dementia & More

We Provide Senior Mental Health Care With Kindness and Compassion

Just as St. Veronica stepped forward with kindness and compassion to aid Christ in his time of trial, so too do we step forward to serve seniors who are facing emotional and behavioral health challenges. As a not-for-profit ministry, our sole focus is to restore hope and peace to these seniors and their families with our kind, compassionate, and highly skilled senior behavioral health program.

What is Senior Behavioral Health?

Senior Behavioral Health is a short-term acute care program for seniors who are experiencing challenges related to emotional or behavioral health needs.

These challenges are often associated with:

  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Anxiety
  • Dementia-related issues
  • Other mental health diagnosis

The hospital is available at all hours with our 24/7 admission phone line at 316-744-4103.

Why Choose St. Veronica?

  • 30 years of Excellence

    Building upon the three decades of excellence in senior living that Catholic Care Center is known for, St. Veronica Senior Behavioral Health offers the same faith-centered approach to care with an intensive wellness-based program designed to help ease the effects of mental, emotional, and behavioral health challenges.

  • Team of Professionals

    An interdisciplinary team of medical professionals including psychiatrist, physicians, nurses, dieticians, licensed social workers, and occupational therapists who will assess the needs of each individual patient and develop a plan of care that address their unique needs. The goal of Senior Behavioral Health is to allow patients to return to their community and live a safe, engaging, and meaningful life with their family and friends.

  • Program Services
    • Psychiatry services
    • Medical hospitalist
    • 24/7 clinical support
    • Physical, occupational, and speech therapies
    • Licensed Master of Social Work
    • Private suites with en-suite showers
    • Comfortable recreation, and visiting spaces
    • Nutritious and appetizing meals
    • Chaplain services with opportunities for Catholic Mass and Protestant Services
  • Admissions
  • The best I could ever have hoped for my husband while living with Parkinson’s dementia. Very best caring, caregivers!

    - Jackie W.M.

  • The most wonderful place!!! Our mother was there almost 10 years and I have referred many to Catholic Care.

    - Janice M.

  • My wife had excellent care there, the staff was my family. Such dignity for Linda when she left us. Thank you, I will never forget.

    - John H.

  • Both of my parents received loving care here in the last years of their lives, my father with Alzheimer’s and my mother with dementia. We are fortunate to have the Catholic Care Center in the Wichita area.

    - Gary J.

  • They are wonderful!

    - Tom M.

  • Staff/nurses went above and beyond to celebrate my mom’s birthday through quarantine. Debra also made sure that we as family felt included, can’t thank them enough!

    - Susan I.

  • I give them 10 stars, I was there at one point and they are the best!

    - Shawn B.

  • We are blessed to live here.

    - Barbara F.