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Caregivers need help. Michigan is slowly finding a way, November 2022
Jim Mangi never thought he’d be living out the later parts of the plot of Nicholas Sparks’ fictional “The Notebook,” but he is grateful he can stay a block from the Saline dementia treatment center near his wife, Kathleen, who is struggling to remember the … Read more
New project aims to increase health literacy among Southeast Michigan’s older adults, October 2022
This article is part of State of Health, a series about how Michigan communities are rising to address health challenges. It is made possible with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. Older adults living in Southeast Michigan have a new super power. PACE Southeast … Read more
Improving PACE: Improving access to and enrollment in PACE, October 2022
For the last decade, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Program has advanced federal policy reforms to improve chronic and long-term care for individuals with complex needs. This work began with four of BPC’s health leaders—former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist, former Health … Read more
Program aims to keep seniors out of nursing homes, January 2022
Burlington, Ont., is adopting a holistic care model to keep older Canadians out of long-term care homes and hospital beds. In southeast Michigan, a similar program has keeps 4,400 nursing home-eligible seniors in their homes.