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Start Conversations About Mental Health
(Greensburg, IN) – During Suicide Prevention Month, Decatur County Memorial Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program is raising awareness about mental health and the support available to older adults in the community. Throughout September, the Senior Life Solutions team is using simple, approachable activities to start conversations about mental...
The Herald-Times
The hidden forces behind another memory care facility closure
As some Bloomington families are scrambling to find a new memory care facility for their loved ones, following the impending closing of Cedar Creek and the recent closure of Jill’s House , some also have expressed frustration about the speed with which these decisions are being made and confusion about why dementia-focused care homes are closing as the population is aging. Families repeatedly asked a simple question: If memory-care beds are so hard to find, why is Bloomington losing another memory-care facility? Yet Cedar Creek had only 36 residents occupying 58 beds when the owners announced the closure. The apparent contradiction points to a broader set of economic forces reshaping Indiana’s memory care industry, where demand for dementia care is colliding with persistent post-pandemic staffing shortages, high operating costs, a hands-off government approach, complex ownership arrangements and economic pressures that have pushed operators to seek more financially sustainable business models. After another memory care facility closure, families face tough choices The new Cedar Creek owners, based in New York, are converting the facility on East Moores Pike, and a related facility near Tapp Road, to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. A facility under pressure Consultant LaChele Weaver, who helped
Current Publishing
Former Optum patients report difficulty in getting medical records
Former patients of Optum Primary Care in Zionsville said they’ve had difficulty accessing their medical records since the provider closed in June. Wendy Sloman of Lebanon was a longtime patient at Optum until it closed. She found a new provider through Witham Health Services at Anson. Sloman requested her records be sent to her new physician June 10, but a month after the request, her new provider didn’t have them.
The Herald-Times
After another memory care facility closure, families face tough choices
Bloomington resident Becky Gavin spent part of her Thursday afternoon showing her husband, Mike, who has frontotemporal dementia , photos of the room into which he will be moving at Gentry Park Senior Living . Gavin wanted to use the photos to prepare her husband, 74, for his new surroundings because his current facility, Cedar Creek, on East Moores Pike, will close at the end of October. "I'm a little bit worried about that transition,” she said. “It can be really traumatic." Residents and families at Cedar Creek learned in recent days that the Bloomington memory care facility will close by Oct. 31, and new owners will turn it into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. The news has left dozens of families scrambling to find new homes for their loved ones with dementia, including some who were displaced only weeks ago because of the closure of Jill’s House, a former memory care facility on the city’s north side. The hidden forces behind another memory care facility closure Bloomington resident Bob Eno, who also has a loved one at the facility, was told of the impending closure by a staff member on Aug. 30. “I just stood there,” he said.
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Flu-shot Clinic at YES Cinema is next week
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Walgreens and the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center (LCNFC) are hosting a flu shot clinic on Tuesday, September 15, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at YES Cinema, 328 Jackson Street, in downtown Columbus. The event is open to the public, courtesy of Walgreens, and is for anyone at...
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American Senior Communities celebrates largest graduating class of nursing scholarship program, strengthening nursing workforce
American Senior Communities (ASC) and Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC) proudly recognized 21 graduates of the Opportunities to Nursing Excellence (O2NE) Program at a luncheon on Sept. 2 at the Bridgewater Club in Carmel. The O2NE scholarship program was created to support employees who aspire to advance...
WSPA 7News
Indiana hospitals can no longer divert ambulances
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Dr. Oz visits New Palestine, touts benefits of alternative health coverage choices
— It's important for employers to be able to offer employees different health options, federal and state officials say. . They were there to discuss more on Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) in. Indiana. . An ICHRA is an option for employers looking for more flexibility in how they...