GOVERNMENT underfunding of social care is having a “catastrophic” impact on unpaid carers, a report revealed today. According to a survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services ...

For many people who have a serious mental illness or are recovering from one, trying to get or keep a job may be overwhelming ...

Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week annulled a Biden-era ...

When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model in July 2024, it marked a pivotal shift in how we approach dementia care in the ...

More than 200,000 people in Michigan are expected to be living with dementia this year, up from about 190,000 during the COVID pandemic, according to state data. Research from University of Washington ...

The vast majority of care recipients are exclusively receiving unpaid care from a family member, friend, or neighbor. The rest receive a combination of family care and paid assistance, or exclusively ...

Many women who initiate divorce tell me their spouse was more like an unreliable assistant than a true partner, writes psychotherapist Oona Metz. Eventually, after years of unproductive conversations, ...

In 2023, Texas County Memorial Hospital provided about $3.87 million in uncompensated services, according to its annual report released in June. In 2024, the amount was about $5.32 million. The ...

According to the site, St. Mary's Hospital gave $4,339,705 in uncompensated care, $5,669,266 in unpaid Medicare costs, $3,977,672 in unpaid Medicaid costs and $61,364 in charitable donations.

Drastic cuts to Medicaid and other public health provisions in the new law will mean even less money to rural hospitals, many ...

If accounted for in GDP, which the report advocates, unpaid childcare and housework are estimated at around nine percent of global GDP. Unpaid care work is “both the root cause and the consequence of ...