The decision came out of the blue. “Your husband isn’t going to get any better, so we can’t continue services,” an occupational therapist told Deloise “Del” Holloway in early November. “Medicare isn’t going to pay for it.” The therapist handed Del a notice explaining why the home health agency she represented was terminating care within […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Every weekday at noon since Jan. 27, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams gathers his outbreak response team for a meeting on coronavirus. Missouri has yet to have a confirmed case of what officials are now calling COVID-19, but about 20 people statewide are being monitored […]
For much of the 20th century, medical progress seemed limitless. Antibiotics revolutionized the care of infections. Vaccines turned deadly childhood diseases into distant memories. Americans lived longer, healthier lives than their parents. Yet today, some of the greatest success stories in public health are unraveling. Even as the world struggles to control a mysterious new […]
When Gov. Gavin Newsom last week ordered nearly all 40 million Californians to stay in their homes to combat the spread of COVID-19, he set the tone for the nation, becoming the first to issue a statewide lockdown. Governors who had previously resisted quickly followed suit, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But one week […]
As a teenager, Paulina Castle struggled for years with suicidal thoughts. When her mental health was at its most fragile, she would isolate herself, spending days in her room alone. “That’s the exact thing that makes you feel significantly worse,” the 26-year-old Denver woman said. “It creates a cycle where you’re constantly getting dug into […]
How often do you interview nurses for a health care story? If rarely or never, you’re not alone. According to a 2018 study in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, which reviewed and coded a random sample of 365 health care stories published September 2017, “Nurses were identified as sources in only 4% of all quotations or other sourcing in […]
As COVID-19 cases continue to emerge in rural areas of the U.S., rural health care systems will need to respond to the crisis with fewer resources than urban-based hospitals, and for a population that is generally older and sicker than urban populations. Journalists will need to tell their stories. While working on our research roundup on […]
Although digital technology has been blamed for some negative impacts on our mental health, new tech could provide us with future tools for treatment Smartphones, social media, big data and machine learning are changing nearly every facet of our lives – and mental health services are no different. Whether it is flagging people in psychological […]
Secluding, physically restraining or overmedicating people experiencing mental health crises still happens, but countries around the world are trialling successful alternatives Controlling the behaviour of people experiencing mental health crises by strapping them into beds or chairs or overmedicating them may seem like something that would happen elsewhere, or in the past. Yet it sometimes […]
New research suggests that people in mental distress seeking help at an Emergency Department would benefit from peer-support workers who understand their experience. Melbourne Public hospital Emergency Departments are one of the main access points for people seeking mental health support, especially after-hours. But arriving at an Emergency Department can be an intimidating experience. Many […]
Once pioneers in health promotion, Australia now lags behind the Western world as waistlines expand and the sick get sicker. Imagine telling the good folk of 1990 that in the near future, we’d be redesigning hospitals to accommodate the influx of obese patients. Or that almost all of our sporting legends would be contractually obliged […]
LONDON, July 14th, 2020 —365 Healthcare today announced the successful delivery of 16.5 tonnes of PPE equipment to the UK National Health Service (NHS). The shipment was supported by Flexport.org through its Frontline Responder’s Fund. As a consequence of the Global Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), demand for critical PPE equipment has soared, and as medical suppliers work relentlessly to meet this […]
