The Power of Nursing

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/the-power-of-nursing

David Bornstein

The New York Times

6 May 2012

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In 2010, 5.9 million children were reported as abused or neglected in the United States. The Nurse-Family Partnership, or NFP, arranges for registered nurses to make regular home visits to first-time low-income or vulnerable mothers, starting early in their pregnancies and continuing until their child is 2.

From Institution To Inclusion

https://wamu.atavist.com/from-institution-to-inclusion

Martin Austermuhle

American University Radio (WAMU)

14 March 2016

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For individuals with developmental disabilities in Washington, D.C., inclusion’s uphill battle, while still happening, has shown results. After the practice of institutionalization ended decades ago, there was a shift to group home living, nonprofit advocacy groups, and job placements. Challenges remain though, like slow-moving bureaucracy, funding, and those still fighting inclusion, but moves toward inclusive jobs and living continue.

If this was a pill, you'd do anything to get it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/28/if-this-was-a-pill-youd-do-anything-to-get-it

Ezra Klein

The Washington Post

28 April 2013

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*Medical research has done wonders to rid populations of diseases; however, the U.S. health care system has failed to appropriate the right resources to Medicare patients with one or more chronic conditions. Health Quality Partners in Doylstown, PA enrolls Medicare patients with at least one chronic illness and hospitalization and sends a trained nurse to see them on a routine basis, whether they are healthy or sick. As a result, the HQP program has reduced hospitalizations and cut Medicare costs.

N.Y.C. Nurses Aid Low-Income First-Time Mothers

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/nyregion/nyc-nurses-aid-low-income-first-time-mothers.html?_r=0

John Leland

The New York Times

15 December 2012

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New mothers who live in poverty are faced with fewer resources to help them with their physical and mental health as well as the health of their babies. In New York City, the Nurse-Family partnership matches nurses with economically poor first-time mothers. Different studies have shown that women in the program have healthier pregnancies and children.

Silver Linings: Medical residents make house calls for elders

http://www.unionleader.com/silver-linings/silver-linings-medical-residents-make-house-calls-for-elders--20161030

Gretchen M. Grosky

New Hampshire Union Leader

29 October 2016

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Emergency room visits cost money and are not the most comfortable places to be. The Massachusetts-based Medicare program called Independence at Home gives doctors incentives to visit frail patients at home and received a cut of the cost. The program also pairs patients with social workers and continues to save Medicare millions of dollars.

Counting On Medicaid To Avoid Life In A Nursing Home? That's Now Up To Congress.

http://khn.org/news/counting-on-medicaid-to-avoid-life-in-a-nursing-home-thats-now-up-to-congress

Susan Jaffe

Kaiser Health News

31 July 2017

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Congressional Republicans' push to reduce Medicaid funds is a threatening proposition to the people who use its services. Medicaid funds services at home which allows people to live at home instead of in a nursing home by providing minor house renovations, a visiting nurse or other worker, or other home products.

Caregiver support group aims to reduce elder abuse

http://www.richlandsource.com/news/caregiver-support-group-aims-to-reduce-elder-abuse/article_5d20e08a-794b-11e7-9d88-5706a4e968a4.html

Tracy Geibel

Richland Source

9 August 2017

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Apollo Healthcare Services has started an elder caregiver support group in Richland County, OH. The intent of this support group is to give caregivers an outlet to voice their frustrations or experiences that accompany elder caregiving so that they are less likely to take out that frustration on the elders in their care.

Hawaii is offering citizens money to care for their family—will they take it?

https://apolitical.co/solution_article/hawaii-offering-citizens-money-care-family-will-take

Odette Chalaby

Apolitical

19 January 2018

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Many people, often women, spend large amounts of their lives engaging in unpaid care work, dropping out of the labor market or taking a pay cut to care for their families. Hawaii has launched the Kupuna Caregivers Program to provide financial benefits for citizens who spend large amounts of time caring for others.

The Hospital Is No Place for the Elderly

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/the-home-remedy-for-old-age/354680

Jonathan Rauch

The Atlantic

1 December 2013

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As the elderly become more likely to have multiple chronic conditions and experience a gradual decline in health towards the end of their lives, a health care approach that centers hospitalization and intensive care might be ineffective and inefficient. Sutter's Advanced Illness Management program (AIM) is using a new, home-based approach to keep down costs and increase quality of life.

Community health aides: Alaska's unique solution for rural health care

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/08/29/community-health-aides-alaskas-unique-solution-for-rural-health-care

Anne Hillman

Alaska Public Media

29 August 2018

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In Alaska, the Community Health Aide Program is helping to connect people in remote, rural parts of the state to medical care. The program, started decades ago in collaboration with the Indian Health Service, local government, and congress, has helped to keep people healthy despite high expectations and turn-over.