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August 01, 2013
Senior peer counselors offer guidance in matters of love, loss and life
As a volunteer senior peer counselor for Providence Health & Services in Southern California, Joan Barrie helps older adults grapple with common problems that arrive with age — the loneliness that follows a spouse's death, the anger that accompanies the loss of independence, the depression that follows a life-changing diagnosis.
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August 01, 2013
Young and old make loving connections at intergenerational centers
For Judy Sweetland, Fridays are special. Sweetland, 74, is among about 400 older adults who live at the Providence Mount St. Vincent community in Seattle.
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August 01, 2013
Get Covered America campaign kicks off
A major public awareness and enrollment campaign is taking shape as the Enroll America coalition works to educate Americans on new health care coverage options.
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August 01, 2013
Employer mandate delay provides opportunity to 'get it right'
The Obama administration announced in July that it would delay for one year, until 2015, the mandate that large employers provide affordable health insurance to workers or pay a penalty.
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July 01, 2013
Keeping Up
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July 01, 2013
Bishop Sullivan's legacy includes commitment to health care, social services
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, retired auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Brooklyn, died on June 7 from injuries he sustained in a May 30 car accident.
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July 01, 2013
Health Partners Consulting guides physician practices in conversion to medical homes
When working with physician practices making the transition to patient-centered medical homes, Roni Christopher, executive director of health care transformation at Health Partners Consulting in Cincinnati, compares the process to trying to eat an elephant.
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July 01, 2013
CHRISTUS Health raises the quality, clinical value of its ethics consults
Several years ago, when senior leaders of ethics at CHRISTUS Health reviewed practices of the approximately 40 ethics committees in its hospitals, they found an uneven landscape.
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July 01, 2013
Global Health Summit participants urged to support poverty-focused international aid
Ministry leaders from U.S. Catholic health care and representatives of several global health organizations who convened for CHA's third Global Summit were challenged to increase and improve mission outreach activities in the developing world.
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July 01, 2013
CHA recognizes up-and-comers making an impact on ministry
At the 2013 Catholic Health Assembly, CHA honored leaders who are making significant achievements early in their careers in Catholic health care and who are poised to guide the ministry in the future.