Healthcare

Fresh Conversations participant LaDonna Johnson prepares to eat a corn salad she made using a recipe she got from the program.

Fresh Conversations inspires Detroit seniors to eat healthy and move more

A weekly nutrition class offered by the Methodist Children’s Home Society is helping seniors become more mindful about making healthy food and fitness choices.

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AARP Michigan volunteer Howard Pizzo, AARP Michigan Communications Manager Mark Hornbeck, and AARP Michigan State Director Paula Cunningham on the Lansing River Trail.
Michigan pursues “age-friendly everything” to support growing older adult population

With the coming growth in Michigan's older adult population, the existing movement towards age-friendly health systems has broadened to embrace the concept of "age-friendly everything."

WCC nursing students work with a human simulator.
Free four-week WCC bootcamp to offer immediate health care job placements

Washtenaw Community College has collaborated with Michigan Works! Southeast and several health care employers to offer the 40-hour program for free, starting at the end of this month.

A Sesame Solar nanogrid mounted on a trailer.
Ypsi-based company creates innovative solar solutions during pandemic

The pandemic prompted the company to design two innovative new solar-powered solutions that may serve sobering but important future needs.

Family Medical Center Behavioral Health Therapist Alexis Cavins and School Based Services Supervisor Meredith Gilliam at Wagar Middle School in Carleton.
Teletherapy and telepsychiatry visits help Southeast Michigan students improve mental health

The Family Medical Center of Michigan has developed a successful school-based behavioral telehealth program in partnership with 20 schools in Lenawee, Monroe, and Wayne counties.

Plymouth-Canton Community Schools staffers prepare meals for pickup.
COVID reshaped how Michigan schools provide meals. Will the changes stick?

When COVID-19 prompted shifts in how, when, where, and to whom school meals were served, many of Michigan's schools responded with wildly successful meal programs. Now, many education professionals are hoping those shifts inspire permanent changes.

Isabel Romero looks at mementos of her family members who have died of COVID-19.
Grief in isolation: Michiganders navigate a disrupted grieving process during COVID-19

In the absence of many traditional, in-person rituals, the pandemic has forced many to grieve in extremely unusual ways.

End-of-life doula Toula Saratsis holds a photo of her daughter Angelica, who died at age 7 of a rare genetic disorder.
Palliative care maximizes quality of life for Michiganders facing serious illness and death

Springing up across Michigan, palliative care programs aim to shift the way we think about death and serious illness.

Nathaniel Bergman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a homebound resident in her home.
Michigan agencies offer in-home COVID-19 vaccinations for homebound residents

More than 21,000 of the state's estimated 110,000 homebound residents have received their shots through a state initiative in partnership with local agencies.

Special report: How COVID-19 changed Michigan’s health care system for the better

Despite the tragedy, COVID-19 in Michigan is also a story of people rallying, innovating, protesting, and collaborating to meet needs for food, housing, medical care, education, and equity.

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