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In Los Angeles, Occupational Therapists Tapped to Help Homeless Stay Housed Molly Castle Work LOS ANGELES ― Carla Brown waits on an air mattress, eager for her occupational therapist to arrive at her apartment next to the Hollywood Freeway, mere blocks from where she once camped on the sidewalk. She moved into the one-bedroom […]
Federal Lawmakers Take First Steps Toward Oversight of $50 Billion in Opioid Settlements Aneri Pattani Some members of Congress are demanding federal oversight of billions of dollars in opioid settlements, which state and local governments began spending over the past two years — with some using it to plug budget holes rather than fight […]
What’s Indoor Air Quality Like in Long-Term Care Facilities During Wildfires? Worse Than You’d Think. Kylie Mohr Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho’s Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty air. They include seniors living in […]
In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who’s Been Sued by the Hospital Mitchell Black and Noam N. Levey McALESTER, Okla. — It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in […]
‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe. Amy Maxmen With around 20,000 people dying of covid in the United States since the start of October, and tens of thousands more abroad, the covid pandemic clearly isn’t over. However, the crisis response is, since the World Health […]
Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis Liz Szabo, KFF Health News Charity Watkins sensed something was deeply wrong when she experienced exhaustion after her daughter was born. At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath. Her obstetrician said postpartum depression likely caused the weakness […]
America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities Judith Graham The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, […]
‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion Fred Clasen-Kelly Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched himself in the face in the fall of 2019, according to the child’s mom. His mother, Michelle Staten, […]
What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Health Care? Julie Rovner, KFF Health News On the presidential campaign trail, former President Donald Trump is, once again, promising to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — a nebulous goal that became one of his administration’s splashiest policy failures. “We’re going to fight […]
The Healing Power of Belonging: Nurturing Mental Well-Being Through Connection Editorial Team Cultivating a sense of belonging is crucial for mental health, as it influences various aspects of an individual’s well-being. Here’s a detailed exploration of how fostering a sense of belonging contributes to mental health: Reduced Loneliness and Isolation: […]