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Feature Story Students run a farm stand as part of Partridge Creek Farm's farm to school program in Ishpeming. Healthy Communities

Michigan programs empower kids to be community health leaders

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, June 29, 2023
Feature Story Cyndy Hund, pictured here with her husband Mike, quit her job due to her dementia symptoms – but it still took her another four years to get a diagnosis. Healthy Communities

PODCAST: No more "diagnose and adios": Rethinking dementia diagnosis

PATRICK DUNNWednesday, June 28, 2023
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PODCAST: Dementia is not a death sentence

PATRICK DUNNWednesday, June 21, 2023
Feature Story Dr. Cathrine Frank is one of the co-creators of a new initiative to screen, assess, and treat patients for suicide risk. Healthy Communities

Michigan doctors challenge others to join them in a quest for "Zero Suicide"

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERFriday, June 16, 2023
Feature Story Dr. Tolulope Sonuyi, director of Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE), and Juanita Houston, DLIVE's lead healthy minds coach. Healthy Communities

Michigan programs aim to stop violence against youth before it happens

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERMonday, June 5, 2023
Feature Story Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP) founder Eric Paad and CIP spokesperson Dorothy Paad. Healthy Communities

UP nonprofit offers education and support in effort to end caregiver shortage

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, May 18, 2023
Feature Story Employees at Brody's Be Cafe in Ada, which employs people living with disabilities. Healthy Communities

Here's how three Michigan nonprofits empower people living with disabilities

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, May 11, 2023
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Special report: Michigan prepares for a rapidly aging population by becoming more "age-friendly"

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER AND PATRICK DUNN Thursday, April 27, 2023
Feature Story A man uses the care.coach tool, currently being deployed by Grand Rapids-based Care Resources PACE. Healthy Communities

New health care technologies improve outcomes for Michiganders of all ages

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERMonday, April 17, 2023
Feature Story Grand Rapids Assistant Planning Director Jay Steffen describes these new benches in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood as a "direct result" of Michigan's Age-Friendly Action Plan. Healthy Communities

Michigan Age-Friendly Action Plan aims to make it easier for adults to age in place

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, March 30, 2023
Feature Story Christine Vanlandingham, Region IV Area Agency on Aging CEO. Healthy Communities

New program offers physical and behavioral health care at home for Southwest Michigan's older adults

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, March 9, 2023
Feature Story Breastfeeding education materials at the Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association in Detroit. Healthy Communities

Michigan's breastfeeding networks educate parents, address disparities, advocate for parent rights

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, February 16, 2023
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Upper Peninsula program helps moms with opioid use disorder have healthier pregnancies

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, February 9, 2023
Feature Story Jenifer Murray, a contracted grant coordinator with Munson Healthcare, works on programs for new parents in her office. Healthy Communities

Northern Michigan works to build supportive services for parents in "maternity care deserts"

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERFriday, February 3, 2023
Feature Story Susan Sheppard, COO of Arbor Circle, which recently facilitated a statewide collaboration to better support medically fragile foster children. Healthy Communities

Michigan project highlights needs of medically fragile foster children

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, January 19, 2023
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