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Cash payment program for moms and babies to expand to metro Detroit

Cash payment program for moms and babies to expand to metro Detroit

by Detroit Free Press | Mar 20, 2025 | Maternal & Infant Health

Not your grandpa’s senior center: Besides bingo, there’s bodybuilding and speed dating

Not your grandpa’s senior center: Besides bingo, there’s bodybuilding and speed dating

by LaToya Cross | Mar 17, 2025 | Health Equity, Health Equity Featured

Members of the OPC Social & Activity Center in Rochester, Mich., walk on the indoor track while others play pickleball on the full-size gymnasium court below. The fitness center offers various activities for adults 50 and older, from team sports like pickleball...
U.P. GOP lawmaker: Cash aid program is not ‘just a flat out government handout’

U.P. GOP lawmaker: Cash aid program is not ‘just a flat out government handout’

by Detroit Free Press | Feb 17, 2025 | Maternal & Infant Health

New training program develops caregivers for Detroit’s Chinese Americans

New training program develops caregivers for Detroit’s Chinese Americans

by Bianca Garcia | Jan 21, 2025 | Caregiving

Xuemo Lu, 82, a member of the Association of Chinese Americans, has her blood pressure checked during a health screening fair last month. The event, hosted in partnership with the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, offered free screenings. (Photo by...
Why more medical professionals are focusing on Michigan babies’ mental health

Why more medical professionals are focusing on Michigan babies’ mental health

by Hannah Mackay | Dec 26, 2024 | Maternal & Infant Health

Caring for his wife led to him build a support group for men like him

Caring for his wife led to him build a support group for men like him

by Erica Hobbs | Dec 18, 2024 | Caregiving

Kanu Mehta, 74, guides his wife Sumi’s wheelchair at their Michigan home. In 2013, at age 59, Sumi was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, which has progressively impaired her physical and mental capabilities. (Photo by Alejandro Ugalde Sandoval) For Kanu...
Taking the keys: A musician’s tough journey of learning to care for his mom

Taking the keys: A musician’s tough journey of learning to care for his mom

by Erica Hobbs | Dec 17, 2024 | Caregiving

Ilene Blackman, 91, enjoys a quiet moment during her birthday celebration, as captured on her son’s cellphone. Sean Blackman, 54, has been the primary caregiver for his mother, Ilene, for five years. “No one teaches you how to take car keys away from a...
What caregiving costs will look like for millennials when they’re 80

What caregiving costs will look like for millennials when they’re 80

by Stephanie Steinberg | Dec 16, 2024 | Caregiving

Lindsay Madison, 40, shares a moment with her grandmother Geraldine Madison, 98, who moved into her Detroit home last year after costs at her assisted-living facility kept climbing. Lindsay has been Geraldine’s full-time caregiver for two years and worries who will...
What happens when you give moms and babies $7,500? Flint is finding out

What happens when you give moms and babies $7,500? Flint is finding out

by Detroit Free Press | Dec 9, 2024 | Maternal & Infant Health

Moms are getting cash to ease financial troubles. Does it work?

Moms are getting cash to ease financial troubles. Does it work?

by Detroit Free Press | Dec 9, 2024 | Caregiving, Maternal & Infant Health

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