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PODCAST: How COVID-19 helped Michiganders reconnect to care

Issue Media GroupFriday, October 22, 2021

Duane Breijak, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers' Michigan chapter.

Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, October 21, 2021

Medstar Mobile Health Paramedic Nicole Plauman demonstrates an in-home monoclonal antibody IV therapy setup.

More paramedics give proactive, non-emergency care as community paramedicine grows in Michigan

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, October 14, 2021

These medically tailored meals are made available to patients with diabetes at Beaumont Hospital, Troy.

Michigan hospitals offer meals tailored to patients' medical needs

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 30, 2021

Norris Stephens of Good Medicine Farms at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market, where participants in Washtenaw County's Prescription for Health program can cash in "prescriptions" for fresh food.

Michigan health care providers find success with "prescriptions" for fresh produce and exercise

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 23, 2021

Elizabeth Koschmann, director of the University of Michigan's TRAILS program, which is offering free social-emotional learning training and curricula to Michigan schools.

Michigan is expanding mental health services in schools – and equipping teachers to implement them

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 16, 2021

Cindy Brummette is a school nurse in Grand Ledge Public Schools.

"We're exhausted": Michigan's school nurses take on heavy burden with COVID-19

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, September 2, 2021

Antonio Cleveland, a disease intervention specialist with the Jail Health division of Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services, conducts COVID-19 contact tracing and testing for an individual booked into a Wayne County Jail.

COVID has hit jails hard, but this Wayne County-based collaboration is making them safer

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, August 26, 2021

Pam Lynch, director of Harm Reduction Michigan.

"Just keep that person alive": Michigan's harm reduction strategies prevent opioid overdoses

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, August 11, 2021

Nathaniel Bergman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a homebound resident in her home.

As Delta variant threatens, Michigan works to address lingering vaccine hesitancy

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, August 5, 2021

Skyler and Krista Assman.

Respite care provides a much-needed break from caregiving for parents of kids with disabilities

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, July 29, 2021

Brian Nicholson, MiCAL program director for Oakland County-based crisis services agency Common Ground, takes a call for the Michigan Crisis and Access Line (MiCAL).

New mental health crisis line to roll out across Michigan

Estelle SlootmakerWednesday, July 14, 2021

Eastern Market in Detroit.

How do you feed a state in crisis? Michigan Food Security Council report plans ahead

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, July 8, 2021

Sarah Milanowski, marketing and communications specialist with LifeCircles PACE, accompanies a PACE participant.

Little-known Michigan programs provide all-inclusive support for older adults to age at home

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, July 1, 2021

AARP Michigan volunteer Howard Pizzo, AARP Michigan Communications Manager Mark Hornbeck, and AARP Michigan State Director Paula Cunningham on the Lansing River Trail.

Michigan pursues "age-friendly everything" to support growing older adult population

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, June 24, 2021

AARP Michigan volunteer Howard Pizzo, AARP Michigan Communications Manager Mark Hornbeck, and AARP Michigan State Director Paula Cunningham on the Lansing River Trail.

Michigan pursues "age-friendly everything" to support growing older adult population

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, June 24, 2021

Family Medical Center Behavioral Health Therapist Alexis Cavins and School Based Services Supervisor Meredith Gilliam at Wagar Middle School in Carleton.

Teletherapy and telepsychiatry visits help Southeast Michigan students improve mental health

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, June 17, 2021

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools staffers prepare meals for pickup.

COVID reshaped how Michigan schools provide meals. Will the changes stick?

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, June 10, 2021

Isabel Romero looks at mementos of her family members who have died of COVID-19.

Grief in isolation: Michiganders navigate a disrupted grieving process during COVID-19

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, May 27, 2021

End-of-life doula Toula Saratsis holds a photo of her daughter Angelica, who died at age 7 of a rare genetic disorder.

Palliative care maximizes quality of life for Michiganders facing serious illness and death

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, May 20, 2021

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