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10 Ways to Pay for Assisted Living

Are you wondering how to pay for assisted living? Read our tips on eight common ways that families pay for assisted living care.

Department of Labor Issues Guide for Employing Home Care Workers

If you employ a home care worker who provides services for a family member with disabilities, you may have to deal with the very strict wage and hour...

Big Raises For Many Home Care Workers Won’t Necessarily Help Senior Citizens

A $15 minimum wage will almost double what many home care workers are paid but won’t solve other problems.

Why Seniors Want Home Care

According to a recent study, 87% of seniors would prefer to age in place by remaining at home. But, why are the number of seniors in nursing homes and hospitals on the rise? Here are three reasons why seniors today want home care and aren’t always getting what they want.

Top 10 Dog Breeds for Seniors

Big or small, noisy or quiet, active or calm – choosing the right dog breed is important when you plan to be a pet owner in assisted living.

Why your family medical history matters

Sara McGregor never worried about getting breast cancer. Neither did her two older sisters. After all, their mother and maternal grandmother never had the disease. So when McGregor's eldest sister was diagnosed at age 32, the news came as a shattering shock to all three siblings

Does Transitional Care Management Reduce Hospital Readmissions?

Do all patients benefit from transitional care management? Are all of the service components truly necessary?

What Should Public Health and Health Department Professionals Do in Preparation for Roe v. Wade...

In the same way that health departments respond to other threats to public health, they should prepare to mitigate the public health harms we expect to be caused by these policy changes.

Need Elder Care Management in Montclair ?

What is a good elder care plan? Are you looking for help from a geriatric care manager? Do you need a home health aide to help you in the ...

Health Department: Outdoor food safety tips for warm weather

Recommendations on outdoor food safety during warm weather

Geisinger Builds an mHealth Platform for Asthma Care Management

Geisinger and AstraZeneca have partnered to create an mHealth platform for care management and coordination of patients with asthma.

5 steps to effective care management

As healthcare leaders work to improve care quality and reduce readmissions, management of high-need, high-cost patient populations is a necessary part of the conversation. To address this need, an alliance of providers, purchasers, payers and patients has released a white paper on creating care management initiatives for such patients.

Should You Outsource Your Chronic Care Management Program? An Interview With Flow Health

If your medical practice has not implemented chronic care management (CCM), should you outsource?

Health department inspectors work to prevent illness

LIVE OAK — The Department of Health works with food service establishments to help ensure ​their products are not a source of food-borne illness.

Measuring Care Management Value: 5 Tools to Show Impact

How does measuring care management value help organizations understand the benefit of these programs? By using analytics-driven technologies to show…

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Looking For Free Condoms? There's A Health Department App For That

State and local public health departments are turning to apps as to help them reach people when they need help the most. Birth control finders, recipe tweakers and searchable restaurant inspections are in the mix.

Physician Practices Strategy to Developing A Strong Chronic Care Management (CCM) Program

For any physician practice, a strong Chronic Care Management (CCM) program acts as a healthy heart that pumps opportunities through the practice.

Need Help Implementing Chronic Care Management Services?

A new initiative from CMS and the Health Resources and Services Administration aims to raise awareness of the benefits chronic care management services offer patients and help physicians implement these services in their practices.