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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.
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.
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Los jóvenes que cuidan de otros necesitan más apoyo. Hay una aplicación para ello.
Este artículo forma parte de Overloaded and (Often) Unpaid, un proyecto conjunto de periodismo de soluciones sobre cuidados y bienestar mental entre la Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative y la New York y Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, una...
¿Una fuente confiable de noticias para los cuidadores de habla hispana? Tenemos WhatsApp para eso.
Tostada está lanzando un proyecto piloto utilizando la aplicación para satisfacer las necesidades de información de los cuidadores latinos.
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