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Illinois Medicare Watchdog Group Pledges To Reach Out to More Non-English Speakers, Disabled Individuals, Indigents (Part 4)
In addition to the deaf, hard-of-hearing and visually-impaired, MMW coalition advocates say it is important to reach seniors with limited English proficiency (LEP) with healthcare information using “unique outreach methods” and “effective strategies.” During her own...
Illinois Medicare Watchdog Group Pledges To Reach Out to More Non-English Speakers, Disabled Individuals, Indigents (Part 3)
Aside from the deaf, visually-impaired seniors and individuals in general must also be served to enable them to gain access to Medicare and other government benefits. Kim S. Liddell, information and referral advocate for the Progress Center for Independent Living, an...
Illinois Medicare Watchdog Group Pledges To Reach Out to More Non-English Speakers, Disabled Individuals, Indigents (Part 2)
In particular, the MMW coalition is seeking to provide more services to the hard-of-hearing and deaf communities, she explained. “We tell how we reach certain groups.” Gerdes said. “We had JulieAnn Chavez, [former Make Medicare Work project coordinator for the...
Illinois Medicare Watchdog Group Pledges To Reach Out to More Non-English Speakers, Disabled Individuals, Indigents (Part 1)
With the difficulties involved, a suburban Illinois Medicare and benefits watchdog group plans to reach out to more disabled persons, limited English speakers, mentally ill patients, hearing- and vision-impaired individuals, welfare recipients and those new to...
Chicago-Based Salvation Army Adds Volunteering, Elder Court To Menu of Senior Services
With its plate already full with programs to support caregivers, case work and grandparenting, a North Side Chicago branch of the Salvation Army added volunteering and an elder court to its menu of senior services, a program director said. A featured group and vendor...
The Perfect Flu Storm: New Jersey Lowers Minimum Age for Pharmacists to Administer the Influenza Vaccine
A few months ago I started dating this woman from the greater Philadelphia region. Needless to say, she's amazing - full of spunk, sass, and strong character (and she's quite beautiful too!). Our relationship has gotten to the point that, as men, we internally shudder...
Researchers: Pipeline Programs, Outreach Partnerships Key To Plugging Gap of Minorities in Pharmacy, Health Professions
The advent of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a pertinent reminder of the struggles that individuals in our society have undergone to obtain freedom and opportunity. The field of healthcare has not been immune to these issues and struggles; we are still recovering...
Collegiate Interventions
Researchers for the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy marvel at the irony of a rise in the number of college-educated racial and ethnic minorities and stagnation in their enrollment in medical schools and...
Legal Challenges by Civil Rights Groups (Part 2)
Affirmative Action Backlashes However, diversity efforts encountered stiff opposition. Such policies in the health professions schools and in higher learning overall met with anti–affirmative action backlashes. A major event marking the end of the first phase of...