The healthcare system for aging populations has long been plagued by fragmentation, overmedication, and a lack of behavioral health integration. Elderly patients often find themselves juggling multiple providers, disconnected medical records, and an overwhelming list of prescriptions. This broken system doesn’t just cause frustration – it endangers patient outcomes, particularly for those in assisted living and long-term care facilities. As Dr. Jennifer Rucci, Co-Founder of Eventus WholeHealth, Psychiatrist, and President of the Eventus Institute for Strategic Thought & Innovation, explains: “The opposite of what we do is fragmented care – and that’s what most people are dealing with, unfortunately. Patients go one place for primary care, another for behavioral health, another for specialists. We simplify all of that by bringing it into one place.”

Founded in 2013, Eventus WholeHealth was created with a clear mission: to bridge the dangerous gaps that exist in elderly care. The company’s model integrates primary care, behavioral health, and specialty services within the same practice, ensuring that every patient benefits from coordinated treatment. Unlike the siloed approach that dominates healthcare, Eventus brings providers, specialists, and families together around a single, unified care plan. At the heart of this approach are care coordinators and behavioral health integration specialists, who work behind the scenes to ensure nothing falls through the cracks. By combining intentional team meetings with shared documentation in a single electronic health record, Eventus creates seamless communication across all stakeholders. This integration addresses one of the most pressing challenges for seniors – polypharmacy. Too often, patients are prescribed unnecessary or even conflicting medications by different providers. Eventus’ collaborative teams actively review and reduce medication lists, ensuring that treatments support, rather than undermine, overall health.

Depression is one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions in elderly populations. In assisted living facilities, quietly withdrawn residents often go unnoticed, receiving far less attention than more disruptive patients. At Eventus, we ensure that depression screening is embedded into primary care, guaranteeing that no patient slips through the cracks. With access to both psychiatric prescribers and psychotherapy, Eventus patients benefit from a full spectrum of behavioral health services. This dual focus ensures patients receive tailored treatment – whether through therapy, medication, or both. The results are measurable: improved mood, restored social participation, better medical outcomes, and, in some cases, even recovery strong enough to allow patients to return home. Dr. Rucci highlights the importance of this holistic view, “People’s heart failure, diabetes and so many other medical conditions improve when you also treat depression or other psychiatric issues. It’s not about just adding medicines – it’s about treating the whole person.”

The Eventus approach delivers benefits not just to patients, but also to entire care facilities. In one striking example, Eventus partnered with a struggling assisted living community where patients were overmedicated and under-supported. Within six months, the team had cut medication lists in half and improved health outcomes across the board. The impact extended to regulatory performance as well. Facilities that once struggled with compliance and low star ratings saw their reputations transformed. With Eventus’ partnership, one community went from a one-star Medicare rating to five stars, proving the company’s model could raise standards at scale.

What makes Eventus stand out even further is its technology-forward approach. The company embraces artificial intelligence—not as a replacement for clinicians, but as what Dr. Rucci calls “augmented intelligence.” AI tools streamline documentation, enhance communication, and support care coordination, allowing providers to spend more time with patients and less time chasing records. From patient portals to streamlined communication systems, Eventus ensures that families, patients, and staff have easier access to information. In an industry where outdated processes often cause delays, this technology-first mindset positions Eventus far ahead of competitors still adapting to digital transformation.

Today, Eventus serves over 50,000 patients each month across seven states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. With a proven model and growing demand, the company plans to expand further, often at the request of facility partners who want to replicate Eventus’ impact across their networks. Service expansion is also underway. In addition to primary and behavioral health, Eventus is scaling offerings in palliative care, wound care, and podiatry, reinforcing its mission to help patients age in place rather than face disruptive hospital transfers.

Beyond clinical work, Eventus is also a leader in healthcare advocacy. Dr. Jennifer Rucci and her team regularly engage with policymakers to ensure the needs of assisted living residents are not overlooked. “Folks in assisted living are really forgotten in Washington. We want to be the voice for them, not only educating on what the rules are today, but helping to shape the rules for tomorrow,” she emphasizes. Eventus WholeHealth is redefining what quality care looks like for seniors. By tackling fragmentation, reducing overmedication, integrating behavioral health, and embracing technology, the company delivers outcomes that transform both patients and facilities. Its holistic model is not just about treating illness, but about restoring dignity, independence, and quality of life to some of the most vulnerable members of society.