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Cleo will now be providing family caregiving support to Sonder Health Plans' Medicare Advantage members. This includes connecting them with medical and social support.
With the election behind us, it’s time to lift healthcare above campaign rhetoric and invest in a care economy that breaks the cycle of chronic illness to build longer, healthier lives for all Americans.
What should we expect in Tuesday's debate? If past performance is any indication, probably a lot of hemming and hawing — but we should demand concrete plans for paid family leave, Social Security credits for caregivers, and strategies to leverage technology in support of care work.
In a fireside chat at INVEST Digital Health in Dallas, Polsinelli Healthcare M&A Co-chair Jonathan Henderson and Jim Walton, President of JWalton LLC discussed the healthcare preferences of different generations and how they will impact caregiving.
The role of the family caregiver is considered part of the cycle of life. But it can be time consuming and stressful, especially if caregivers have to balance their role with a job, raising children, and other aspects of family life. The topic will be one of many discussed at the HLTH event in Las Vegas from October 8-11.
New York City-based eFamilyCare offers an app that caregivers can use to connect with care advisers via chat or video. This adviser can provide coaching, help caregivers find services and collaborate with providers. The expanded partnership comes after the two organizations launched a pilot program in 2022.
Figuring out what’s wrong means putting together all the pieces of the puzzle—the physical, mental, social and spiritual needs and preferences of the person being cared for, and the caregiver.
The report from the venture capital firm looks at how startups are innovating within the senior care space, particularly when it comes to caregiving, clinical insights and financial planning.
Michael Walsh, Cariloop cofounder and CEO, explained in a phone interview that it made the shift to the employee benefits market after an analysis of how people were communicating with the company and using its website.
But there is hope because there is demand for new ways to manage caregiving.
The pilot with Walmart includes a store-within-a-store concept at two locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"Let's be healthcare receivers and not just providers," said author and cancer survivor Kelly Corrigan, explaining the importance of listening to and understanding patients.
Suzanne Mintz has been working to make life easier for caregivers for more than 20 years. In 1991, she and Cindy Fowler founded the Caregiver Action Network. Mintz and Fowler were both caregivers: Suzanne for her husband who has multiple sclerosis and Cindy for her mother with Parkinson’s. They launched the organization to family caregivers […]
Caregivers need care, too. While therapy dogs often help in patients’ treatment at Penn Medicine, one nurse realized the pooches’ presence benefited the nursing staff, too. “Research shows patient interaction with animals offers physiological benefits including decreased heart rate and blood pressure,” according to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). But HUP’s Pups […]