Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community (SLR) announces a new addition to their psychiatric team, Dr. Dustin Dippen, MD. Psychiatric care is an important part of SLR’s treatment model, which blends traditional interventions with nature-based work therapy for adults experiencing mental health challenges. Dr. Dippen will join SLR’s psychiatric nurse practitioner Donald Grenier, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, to serve residents on the main campus in Shrewsbury and in the aftercare program located in Rutland.

The Village at White River Junction, a Benchmark Assisted Living and Mind & Memory Care community, has appointed Danielle Nickerson of Bethel as executive director. Nickerson brings nearly a decade of Vermont healthcare leadership experience to the role.