UTMC physician advises repeat of prevention efforts to limit upcoming flu season

THE CONCERN THAT INFLUENZA PATIENTS might overwhelm hospitals already strained from COVID-19 admissions last fall and winter proved unfounded. Across the United States, flu season was barely a blip on the radar.

Gardens of St. Francis implements immersive training that simulates dementia

TO UNDERSTAND AND MEET THE SPECIAL CARE NEEDS of people living with dementia, it’s helpful to walk the proverbial mile in their shoes—or, more accurately, to step inside their sensory world and experience firsthand how they perceive and interpret different stimuli.

Achievements and challenges in long-term care

FALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER—it seems impossible! It feels like only yesterday that we first received notice of nursing facilities needing to shut their doors to visitors to keep long-term-care consumers safe from COVID-19. A lot has changed—and a lot has stayed the same.

Cancer Connection in our Community - Living with cancer as a chronic condition, Part 4

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER, productive lives in spite of their cancer diagnosis. I am sharing these stories to inspire all of us to live each and every day to the fullest. Metastasized breast cancer is the diagnosis that FA received in the beginning of 2019.

Mercy Health expands lung program to include lung cancer clinic

WHEN IT COMES TO LUNG CANCER, an ounce of prevention is worth the proverbial pound of cure. Mercy Health has been a leader in the prevention and screening of those at high risk for lung cancer since 2015.

Transitioning adolescent healthcare from pediatrics to internal medicine

FOR MANY ADOLESCENTS, PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE is not a high priority and the doctor is someone you see only when you get sick or hurt.

Former local teacher and centenarian calls The Gardens of St. Francis home

GINGER RYAN RECENTLY BECAME A RESIDENT of the new memory care campus at The Gardens of St. Francis—at the venerable age of 102. Her close friend and neighbor Sherry B. couldn’t be more pleased.

No Greater Gift

FIVE LITTLE BOYS AND ONE LITTLE GIRL love their Uncle D. Donovon Jacobs, affectionately known as “Uncle D,” was all about family. The 27-year-old with the tough exterior was a softie when it came to his niece and nephews. “He was so patient and hands-on with the kids,” Donovon’s mom, Andrea, said.