by Eleanore Catolico | Apr 19, 2024 | Health Equity
Michigan has more severe racial disparities in its health care system than other Great Lakes states, with Black residents experiencing the poorest outcomes, a new national analysis shows. In a scorecard released Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, Michigan placed 29th...
by Eleanore Catolico | Apr 18, 2024 | Health Equity
New York was among six states found to have better-than-average health care system performance among all racial or ethnic groups. (Shutterstock) New York has less severe racial and ethnic health inequities than other Mid-Atlantic states, yet, even so, a new analysis...
by Eleanore Catolico | Mar 5, 2024 | Caregiving
For Michelle McBurney, healing starts with a scribble. Quiet and determined, the 41-year-old caregiver draws thick, swirling lines onto a piece of paper—a form of meditation. The sketch resembles veins protruding from flexed muscles. “This is just helping...
by Eleanore Catolico | Feb 12, 2024 | Caregiving
Florence Kollatz takes photos of Kristen Dixon and her grandmother, Jeanne Corby, at the Musical Memories Cafe at the West Falls Center for the Arts. Kollatz, 82, walks around to each table, greeting friends old and new, snapping images with her cellphone. At the next...
by Eleanore Catolico | Jan 24, 2024 | Caregiving
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to provide further details on the cost to the state program and who would qualify during her Feb. 7 budget presentation to the Legislature for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. (Kate Kildee / The Detroit News) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...
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