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In Chicago, Over 60 and Transitioned from Home to an In-patient Hospital Stay (Or Provided Care for Someone in This Situation?) Join the From Hospital to Home: Consumer Voices Forum on May 10.

Health & Medicine's Center for Long-Term Care Reform has been helping our colleagues at UIC’s School of Public Health to recruit for an upcoming civic engagement event: From Hospital to Home: Consumer Voices Forum.

This is part of the Bridge Program/Illinois Transitional Care Consortium project of the Center.

The forum targets individuals 60 years or older (or individuals who have provided care for someone 60 years and older) who have transitioned home from an in-patient hospital stay in the last 3 year

Date: Thursday May 10^th 2012

Time: 9AM-2PM

Location: Plymouth Place
315 N La Grange Road, La Grange Park, IL 60526

For more information or to RSVP:
call (312) 355-1134 or email: Civic.RSVP@gmail.com

Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be served
Transportation assistance can be provided
Free parking 

There is no charge for this event

Download the flyer. Please spread the word toyour colleagues/friends/family that may be available to participate.  The event is next Thursday, so get the word out! If you have any questions, please let us  know by email  or call Kristen at 312.372.4292, x 27.

 

Companies and nonprofits unveiling new low-cost support resources for caregivers of the elderly

Read the February 12, 2012 Wall Street Journal article on some of the new low cost online, telephonic and other professional  resources for caregivers of the elderly. 

The article focuses on the companies and NPOs that are beginning to innovate new ways of supporting both professional and unpaid family caregivers in areas like care-coordination and quality assessment.

Read the full post

Obama Jobs Plan to target health care workforce development and deployment

From The Washington Post, November 13, 2011

By Sarah Kliff

The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader “We Can’t Wait” agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama’s jobs bill stalled in Congress.

Grants can go to doctors, community groups, local government and other organizations that work with patients in federal health-care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The funds are for experimenting with different ways to expand the health-care workforce while reducing the cost of delivering care.

There will be an emphasis on speed, with new programs expected to be running within six months of funding. “This will open the inbox for many innovators and organizations that have an idea to bring to the table,” Don Berwick, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in an interview. “We’re seeking innovators, organizations and leaders that have an idea to bring into further testing.” Read more