After diagnosis, Tigers legend builds a team of patients and caregivers.
Caregiving
Michigan nursing homes have few staff, little training. Misery can follow
By Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan Angelic Thomas holds a phone, looking through photos of her mother, Julia Williams. She died in 2023 at Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation of Grandville after staffers failed to give her CPR, inspection reports...
The caregivers’ survival guide to power outages and storms
Caregiving is hard enough. Deadly blizzards, winter storms, wind advisories and power outages are vivid reminders to plan ahead.
Michigan cities balk at costly 911 calls to understaffed nursing homes
By Robin Erb, Bridge Michigan Some Michigan cities are now charging nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to respond to nonemergency 911 calls made as a result of inadequate staffing at the facilities. “I don’t like the word ‘threat,’ but I guess it kind...
En Español
Centro islámico ofrece servicios gratuitos de salud mental en Detroit
‘Si ayudas a una persona, ayudas a una familia. Si ayudas a una familia, ayudas a un vecindario’.
Los cuidadores y la salud mental: una ‘sobrecarga en todos los sentidos’
La presión de ser un cuidador se vuelve más común. AARP estima que la cantidad de cuidadores no remunerados, aproximadamente uno de cada cinco adultos, ha aumentado casi un 25 % durante la última media década, a alrededor de 50 millones de personas.¿Qué soluciones pueden aliviar los múltiples peajes que pagan los cuidadores?
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Abuse, neglect common in Michigan nursing homes — and no one is coming to help
By Robin Erb and Simon D. Schuster Bridge Michigan The plea was desperate: Help! Lorena Brown gasped for air on Sept. 12, 2022, turning blue, at the SKLD Muskegon nursing home. Her roommate called for help from a nurse. The response: “Mind your own business.” Using a...
Theater production amplifies stories of ‘solo agers’
Darryl Johnson, 62, likened his last year to the biblical Book of Job. The Ypsilanti resident is going through a divorce from his wife of over 33 years and has recently lost his job. With his children grown and away from home, he said it’s been lonely. “I sit in this...
Ending Well – Caregivers and their loved ones planning for the future
By Marty Fischhoff First of two-part series: Financial Concerns They are not easy conversations for caregivers to have with their loved ones. They deal with sensitive subjects – like health and wealth, life and death, wills and trusts. Ultimately, they mean...
A couple’s caregiving challenges are near the breaking point
A study released this year by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving estimated 63 million Americans are caregivers. That number is 45% higher than it was ten years ago. Among them is Linda Cline of Northville. She’s a spousal caregiver to her husband, Randy...
Families lament end of a ‘lifeline’ for disabled Michigan children, adults
Collaborative wins journalism awards from SPJ, including a first-place honor
Reporters Erica Hobbs (from left), LaToya Cross, Stephanie Steinberg and Allie Jacobs with editor Monica Williams and photographer Alejandro Ugalde Sandoval at the ceremony on Wednesday night. (Not pictured: reporter Randiah Camille Green) Reporters in the New York...
Single people had lower dementia risk than married ones, study finds
All of the unmarried adults in a study by Florida State University were at least 50% less likely to develop dementia than their married counterparts, challenging beliefs that marriage protects against declines in cognitive function. (Shutterstock) Being married has...
Who should care for the older adults in prison?
Kelly was a 69-year-old, partially paralyzed amputee when he was wheeled into my prison cell with his oxygen machine in tow. His hair was long and unkempt, his white medical scrubs stained with blood and urine. A stroke in 1999 left his left arm paralyzed, he...
Whitmer proposes more money for Michigan’s aging crisis. Is it enough?
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