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Feature Story Emily Miller, Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project managing attorney. Healthy Communities

Scams rob Michigan elders of millions, but health providers and nonprofits offer help

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, September 28, 2023
Feature Story Grand Haven resident Lesa Jordan with Sheyenne Cole, a counselor in Senior Resources of West Michigan's Behavioral Health at Home program. Healthy Communities

Behavioral health at home helps Muskegon-area older adults improve quality of life

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, September 14, 2023
Feature Story A Livability Lab meeting. Healthy Communities

Livability Labs bring Muskegon County leaders together to solve community challenges

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, August 23, 2023
Feature Story College student and former migrant worker Dilayla Martinez with Migrant Legal Aid attorney Molly Spaak. Healthy Communities

Michigan's migrant farm workers face many health challenges, but help is available

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, August 17, 2023
Feature Story Community Action House's Food Club and Opportunity Hub. Healthy Communities

Michigan's nonprofit food clubs offer healthy foods at low costs to combat food insecurity

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERFriday, August 4, 2023
Feature Story Actors Carol Sizer and Bill Klein rehearse "Memory of a Dance," a play about dementia commissioned by the Southwest Michigan-based Region IV Area Agency on Aging to spread community awareness of the experiences of people living with dementia. Healthy Communities

PODCAST: Building more dementia-friendly communities

PATRICK DUNNWednesday, July 26, 2023
Feature Story Dr. Hank Paulson is a neurologist at University of Michigan Health and director of the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center. Healthy Communities

PODCAST: Inside the rapidly expanding field of dementia research

PATRICK DUNNWednesday, July 19, 2023
Feature Story Since being diagnosed with dementia, Monica Downer (center, being interviewed) has become an activist for awareness of her disease. Healthy Communities

PODCAST: Dementia disparities in communities of color

PATRICK DUNNWednesday, July 5, 2023
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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