Under new leadership, Kindred Hospital Dayton Behavioral Health Unit holds grand reopening
The comprehensive, inpatient unit provides 46 beds to meet the Greater Dayton community’s needs for support, therapy and psychiatric care for patients with serious mental health conditions
DAYTON, Ohio (Aug. 27, 2025) – Under new leadership, Kindred Hospital Dayton on Wednesday held a grand reopening of its 46-bed inpatient behavioral health unit, which provides psychiatric care and therapy to adults 18 and over in Dayton and surrounding communities who are suffering from serious mental health conditions and symptoms.
The unit now aims to be an important resource for military members and veterans who are facing mental health challenges, and it is also now well-equipped to treat individuals from the community in need of emergency admission due to a mental-health crisis.
Originally opened in 2023, the Kindred Hospital Dayton Behavioral Health Unit (BHU) hosted the public and members of Greater Dayton’s healthcare community to tour the facility and meet its new team of administrators, psychiatrists, and specially trained nurses and therapists.
The BHU offers 24-hour psychiatric treatment and crisis support for mental health issues with physician oversight. Caregivers provide medication management, individual therapy, recreational therapy, group counseling and more for patients struggling with a variety of mental health conditions, including severe depression, thoughts or actions of self-harm, co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders, severe anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Among its new emphases, Kindred is designating private space within the BHU for active-duty military members and veterans who are facing mental health challenges – meeting a need for a community that has a significant military population with the presence of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The BHU has also expanded and enhanced its ability to accept patients who are deemed by law-enforcement or healthcare professionals to need emergency hospitalization. With its specialized behavioral health staff and volume of beds, Kindred aims to be a resource for law-enforcement officers whose only previous option may have been to take these at-risk individuals to nearby emergency rooms.
“We are proud to re-introduce Kindred’s state-of-the-art Behavioral Health Unit to the Greater Dayton community and outline our renewed vision to provide high-quality, compassionate mental health services to those who need it,” said Reginald Lee, who became CEO of Kindred Hospital Dayton earlier this year. “For individuals who are struggling, choosing inpatient care is a courageous step toward recovery. At Kindred, our patients are welcomed into a safe, supportive environment designed to promote healing.”
Located on the third floor, the BHU accounts for nearly half of the patient beds at Kindred Hospital Dayton, which also has 51 beds devoted to long-term acute medical care for medically complex patients. Behavioral health patients with complex medical conditions have access to Kindred’s extensive on-site resources and services, including physical, occupational and speech therapy; wound care; respiratory care; and radiology services.