Turlock: Leading California and the Nation
The Person-Centered Care program helps seniors stay in their home while accessing long-term healthcare options (Photo contributed). BY JEFFREY LEWIS AND DR. MATTHEW SHAPIRO Special to the Journal Legacy Health Endowment’s Person-Centered Care (PCC) Program, launched in 2022 with CareLinx, stands alone in America as the only initiative laser-focused on the “forgotten middle” – middle-income […]
School Employee Well-Being: Creating a Free Mental Health Solution
By Jeffrey Lewis As the school year winds down, school employees and teachers become increasingly exhausted. Contrary to the misconception that their workday ends at 3 or 4 p.m. with weekends off, their roles often extend far beyond these hours. Unfortunately, school employees frequently neglect their own well-being. They are often preoccupied with addressing the […]
Bringing Jill’s House to the Central Valley: A beacon of hope for underserved communities
Jill’s House offers respite care for caregivers and their families of children with intellectual and developmental disorders (Photo contributed). Imagine a mother enduring sleepless nights for years or a father juggling multiple jobs while caring for his special-needs child. Nationwide, families provide an astounding 1.5 billion hours of care to support 5.6 million children with […]
Mothers who act as caregivers for ailing loved ones are truly the women who do it all
Ellen DeFoe, who is immobile and mostly non-verbal, enjoys looking out the big picture window from a recliner in Carol Dowell’s living room. Dowell is a full-time caregiver for DeFoe. TAMMY LJUNGBLAD tljungblad@kcstar.com This Mother’s Day, let’s acknowledge the indispensable role of mothers in maintaining our health care delivery system. Mothers carry a disproportionate weight […]
