Category: Special Focus: Eldercare and Case Management

If you build it, they will come. Most people are familiar with that line from the popular movie, “Field of Dreams.” But in the case of Homestead, Fla., “they” were already coming before “it”...

In the midst of all the turbulence that characterizes American healthcare in 2008, one thing is certain: health care is changing. Increasing costs and diminishing resources, staggering numbers of uninsured and underinsured...

Case Manager is a role that over the last 25 years has morphed into a position that has a critical impact on the bottom line. It is a position that is, usually, filled with an RN or social worker with extensive clinical...

Improvements were made this year in St. Lucie Medical Center’s (SLMC) technology, facility, operations and community outreach.

The patient had terminal cancer and was in his last stages of dying. Because of the expert pain management he had received from his hospice caregivers, he was comfortable and relaxed. As he started to fall into a deep sleep, his...