State of Health is a series about how communities and organizations are addressing Michigan's health challenges and concerns. This series is made possible with funding from a building coalition of funders, including Delta Dental Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
Since 2017, the Campus for Creative Aging has been offering a variety of innovative opportunities for older adults in Berrien, Van Buren, and Cass counties – and helping younger residents understand and respect their older neighbors.
A broad coalition of Michigan organizations has come together to address health disparities that affect Michigan's rapidly growing population of older adults.
Five Michigan organizations will receive federal support of about $1 million each to improve maternal and infant health in the state.
Michigan has become one of eight states to make free school meals available to all, creating notable benefits for students' health.
Several Michigan organizations are innovating ways to increase health care access for the state’s most vulnerable residents in their own communities.
The Metro Detroit-based Association of Chinese Americans is developing a training program to address the shortage of direct care workers equipped to serve older Chinese Americans in Southeast Michigan.
Guardianship is designed to protect those who can't care for themselves, but it doesn't always work that way. Advocates are pursuing a variety of solutions to improve the system.
The Michigan Long Term Care Ombudsman Program improves quality of care and quality of life for people living in nursing homes, homes for the aged, and adult foster care homes.
Muskegon-based How YOU Birth Doula Services is working to improve outcomes for parents and babies by leveraging Michigan's recently added Medicaid coverage for doula services.
In Michigan, several efforts are underway to help cancer patients prepare for, manage, and alleviate the financial struggles associated with treatment.
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