Category: Special Focus: Eldercare and Case Management

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a thousand words worth? As a spring 2005 Leadership Survey of hospice organizations shows, quite a lot! Conducted by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and...

Palmetto General Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Ralph A. Aleman (second from left) is joined by city leaders, physicians and hospital staff members to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the hospital’s new $4.3...

Each summer at the Florida Heart Research Institute we are fortunate to provide a select group of young “scientists” with the opportunity to experience the “real world” of scientific research. Frequently...

Care management as an integrated component of services to older adults is booming and becoming a more typical component of the team of professionals who help families through the eldercare maze. Care management has evolved from...

As most health care professionals know, patient care in hospitals and clinics is radically shifting from the style of care given decades ago. Beliefs like “the doctor will take care of everything” are unrealistic...