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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
Feature Story Berrien County Health Officer Guy Miller, Corewell Health South Medical Group and Continued Care Vice President Melinda Gruber, and Region IV Area Agency on Aging CEO Christine Vanlandingham at the Berrien County Health Department. Healthy Communities

Here's how a collaboration in Southwest Michigan helped older adults avoid hospitalization for COVID

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, January 12, 2023
Feature Story Jametta Lilly. Healthy Communities

As it prepares to disband, Michigan task force on COVID racial disparities leaves a healthy legacy

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, December 15, 2022
Feature Story Lynn Hendges, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services manager of housing and homeless services. Healthy Communities

New data management tool aims to help medically vulnerable Michiganders escape homelessness

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, December 1, 2022
Feature Story Jamie Winkler, executive director of the Salvation Army Great Lakes Harbor Light System, in a short term residential care room at the Salvation Army's Harbor Light facility in Detroit. Healthy Communities

Medical respite care helps Michigan’s most vulnerable recuperate after hospitalization

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, November 10, 2022
Feature Story Pill organizers at the Region VII Area Agency on Aging. Healthy Communities

Inflation Reduction Act will cut crucial health costs for older Michiganders

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, November 3, 2022
Feature Story Dr. Sara Santarossa is the lead on a Henry Ford Health project that asked COVID long haulers to draw body maps representing their condition. She sits next to several of their works here. Healthy Communities

Researchers seek solutions for Michigan's 700,000 COVID long haulers

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, October 27, 2022
Feature Story Laurie Arora, PACE Southeast Michigan vice president of public affairs, philanthropy, and organizational development; and Sadie Shattuck, PACE Southeast Michigan's grant and communications specialist, look over health literacy handouts. Healthy Communities

New project aims to increase health literacy among Southeast Michigan's older adults

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, October 20, 2022
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