Bonner General Health

01/14/2026

Looking for clarity, tools, and support when it comes to ADHD?

Bonner General Behavioral Health is offering ADHD 101: How to Support Your Loved One, a three-week class designed to build understanding, confidence, and practical tools.

Topics include:
🔹Understanding ADHD, myths vs. facts
🔹Diagnosis and treatment across the lifespan
🔹Parenting tools, strategies, and interventions

Led by: Megan Fox, PhD, MS, Clinical Psychologist
Tuesdays: January 27, February 3 & February 10
5:30 – 6:45 pm
Bonner General Health Services Building (Monarch Room, 1st floor)

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/mLJfCswVaY

01/12/2026

Bundle up and embrace the snow with your pup! Stay active this winter by making the most of those snowy strolls. Winter walks are a great way to boost your mood, reduce stress, and enjoy some fresh air together. ❄️🐾

01/09/2026

Please join us in welcoming Mercedes Dirks, FNP, to Bonner General Family Practice!

Mercedes is a Family Nurse Practitioner who is deeply committed to caring for individuals and families at every stage of life. Inspired at a young age by the nurses who supported her family during a loved one’s cancer journey, Mercedes brings both heart and experience to her work.

With a background in emergency, medical-surgical, and postpartum care, and a strong passion for rural medicine, Mercedes is excited to continue serving the community she calls home. Her clinical interests include pediatrics, women’s health, and comprehensive family care, with a focus on building trusted, long-term relationships with her patients.

When she’s not in the clinic, you’ll find Mercedes enjoying the outdoors, cooking and baking, or spending time with her husband and baby girl here in the Idaho mountains.

Welcome to the team, Mercedes!

01/08/2026

Tune in to North Idaho's Radio today at 12:30 PM for our BGH monthly segment. Bonner General Behavioral Health's Natasha Splaine-Talbott, PMHNP, and Denise White, PMHNP, will join host David Keyes to discuss psychiatric care. Topics will include how to get started, what to expect at your first appointment, medication management and ongoing care.

Listen live at: http://www.northidahoradio.com/

01/07/2026

Parenting through separation or divorce comes with real challenges. Support can make all the difference. 💙

Bonner General Behavioral Health is offering a free parenting class designed to help you feel more confident, supported, and prepared as you navigate change.

Saturday, January 10, 2026
Bonner General Health Services Building
9:00 am – 1:00 pm

This class will cover practical tools for preparing for change, talking with your kids, creating two homes, setting healthy boundaries, and co-parenting successfully.

Register here: https://form.jotform.com/252176254724054 or call (208) 265-1090.

01/06/2026

Navigating parenting after separation or divorce can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone! Bonner General Behavioral Health is offering a free parenting class to help you build confidence and create a positive plan for your family.

When: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Where: Bonner General Health Services Building
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Topics include preparing for change, sharing the news with your kids, creating two homes, setting healthy boundaries, and co-parenting successfully.

Register here: https://form.jotform.com/252176254724054 or call (208) 265-1090.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from all of us at Bonner General Health!

As we celebrate the start of 2026, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our incredible staff for their hard work and dedication throughout the past year. Your compassionate care makes a difference in the lives of so many, and we are truly grateful to be serving our community. Here’s to another year of health, happiness, and hope! 💙

12/31/2025

"New Year’s Eve. Time to welcome the end of the holiday season and to optimistically await the next twelve months. And for many of us, it’s time to make a few resolutions, and to drink to the health of our friends and family..."

Read more in Kathy Hubbard's recent article, full of positive reminders to celebrate responsibly, so you can start off the new year feeling your best! We're wishing you and your loved ones a joyful holiday and happy new year! ✨

By Kathy Hubbard. New Year’s Eve. Time to welcome the end of the holiday season and to optimistically await the next twelve months.

12/29/2025

At Performance Therapy Services, our EksoNR exoskeleton is helping patients stand, walk, and regain confidence after neurologic injury or illness often earlier than traditional therapy allows. This advanced technology supports safer, more natural movement while giving our therapists real-time feedback to personalize care and track progress.

The EksoNR may be especially meaningful for Veterans recovering from stroke, spinal cord injury, or other neurologic conditions, offering renewed hope for mobility, independence, and everyday milestones like walking upstairs or sleeping in their own bed again.

We’re grateful to the Bonner General Health Foundation and our generous donors for making this life-changing technology possible. Because of you, more people in our community are taking powerful first steps forward.

If you know someone who could benefit from this service, please share this post with them and help us spread the word! Learn more at bonnergeneral.org 💙

12/24/2025

We're wishing you and your loved ones a happy and healthy holiday season!

Our Immediate Care Clinic will be closed on Christmas Day. The Emergency Department will be open tomorrow if you need us. Normal hours will resume on December 26th. Merry Christmas!

12/22/2025

Congratulations Jessie Vermeer, our December Employee of the Month!

"We are so happy to have Jessie Vermeer as a part of our SDS team. She is a really hard worker and always has a great attitude! She keeps our unit so clean and organized. Today she was scrubbing the hallway walls, and I can't believe how much better they look! Thank you so much Jessie!”
Submitted by: Jill Wolfe

"Jessie is a total delight to work with! She is always upbeat and positive and will always help her co-workers without being asked. She is a complete team player!”
Submitted by: Chris Widgren

We're so grateful for you, Jessie! 💙

12/19/2025

Yesterday we enjoyed our annual Christmas Cookie Party, complete with a decadent cookie buffet created by our amazing Dietary team and plenty of ugly Christmas sweaters to go around. Huge thank you to the talented bakers who made this tradition so special. We look forward to it every year!

Wishing our staff and community a joyful, cozy holiday season! 💚