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.
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
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.
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
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 […]
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
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 […]
In 2012, Emily Helck was diagnosed with breast cancer. Watch the viral video above to see the progression of her cancer treatment. These photos are true breast cancer awareness, and they aren’t wrapped up in pink ribbon. “Cancer is embarrassing,” she told ABC News. “As a friend or co-worker or acquaintance, it’s hard to know […]
Illnesses, like cancer, can be devastating but hope springs eternal and love and caring can be healing no matter what the final outcome. Fortunately in this family crisis, the outcome was incredibly positive in many ways and led to the strength to accomplish incredible things. My posts are usually my own work. But I am […]