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Poll: Blacks, Latinos Worry Over Long-Term Care Crisis
Growing Old, Growing Poor LONG BEACH, Calif.--It is no secret that Americans are aging, but what is too often lost is that most people will need help as they grow older. Unfortunately, America does not have a strategy to deal with this growing demand. For some, this help comes in the form of needing just a little bit of assistance in the home with such tasks as cooking meals or getting groceries. For others, it is more comprehensive daily help in assisted living or nursing home care. As chair of the newly created federal Commission on Long-Term Care , I…
#BlackLivesMatter: 6 Ways Afro-Latinos Can Practice Self-Care Now
The world's horrific events are broadcast for us to see every second of the day. It seems almost impossible to escape videos of police brutality, peaceful protests gone terribly wrong and other atrocities against Black bodies. For Afro-Latinos, and our allies, It can be extremely taxing on our mental health to constantly be exposed to such violence. In order to keep ourselves healthy, it's important to…
Why Self-Care Matters To Me As A Black Woman
Always make room for joy. Prepare your heart for happiness because every storm must come to an end. These are the words written on a yellow sticky note that is placed right above my black rustic bed frame. My white walls scream of purity and my comforter feels like healing snuggled inside a duvet. My bedroom has become my sanctuary, my place of healing and restoration. It's where I run when I need a break from the busyness of life. It's where I…
The care economy as an infrastructure investment
We need a functioning “care infrastructure” — paid family and medical leave, access to affordable, quality childcare, long-term care — especially in the home and community — and better wages and benefits for care workers who provide the services we all need.
African-American Women and Eating Disorders: Depression, and the Strong Black Woman Archetype
Vol. 30 / No. 5 By Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS While eating disorders have long been considered a “white woman’s problem,” recent findings show that eating disorders are becoming a major health issue for black women. Black women are sometimes assumed to be less susceptible to body dissatisfaction, based on the notion that African-American culture embraces larger or curvier body types than does the…
California Initiative Aims to Dramatically Reduce Preterm Birth, Improve Outcomes
June 2016 - The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation convened a precision public health summit at UC San Francisco to explore how precision approaches can be successfully applied to improve population health and address health disparities. About 150 of the nation’s foremost thought leaders in academia, child and public health, policy, technology and data science met…
Unpacking predictive analytics for the long term care insurance industry
The long-term care (LTC) insurance industry has shown significant interest in the use of predictive analytics to develop more accurate projection assumptions for the purposes of reserving, rating, and valuation. This article first summarizes how these techniques avoid some of the disadvantages of traditional actual-to-expected (A:E) experience studies. It then dives into new model visualization approaches used to shed light on the “black-box” nature of advanced…
Black Americans make up only 5.4% of Covid-19 vaccine recipients, CDC finds
Figure is lower than proportion of black people who live in long-term care homes or work in healthcare, but CDC warns data is incomplete
MFI Recovery Center EAP Provider
As an excellent EAP Provider, MFI’s Employee Assistance Program is a win-win situation for employers, employees and employee’s families. When an employee has an addiction or behavioral health issue, it inevitably affects their work performance, productivity as well as long term goals and aspirations. Losing an experienced employee can be a massive expense that can be avoided by providing an effective EAP program. MFI Recovery Center…
15 Fatal Assumptions That Preppers Make In These Times
How would you feel if, due to a few small but critical miscalculations, all your prepping efforts came to naught? This article is to help those that are already prepared to gain some perspective on inaccurate assumptions that may derail all their painstaking preparation. As would notice in the following article, these assumptions or mistakes can be still addressed, but f or those that are thinking to start preparing , I am afraid is a little too late given the current situation in…
Insect Bites and Stings and Spider Bites
Insect and spider bites often cause minor swelling, redness, pain, and itching. These mild reactions are common and may last from a few hours to a few days. Home treatment is often all that is needed to relieve the symptoms of a mild reaction to common stinging or biting insects and spiders . Some people have more severe reactions to bites or stings. Babies and children may be more affected by bites or stings than adults. Examples of problems that are more serious…
Preeclampsia: Beyond Pregnancy
Last Updated on April 30, 2021 A hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, eclampsia, or HELLP syndrome, can be a life-changing patient experience that goes beyond pregnancy. A history of preeclampsia places patients at higher long-term risk for: Chronic hypertension Diabetes Vascular dementia This year's campaign focuses not just on repeating that preeclampsia survivors have risks beyond pregnancy, but recognizing its emotional impact and educating and…
Pregnancy and Substance Use: A Harm Reduction Toolkit
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