A conversation: How to improve care at nursing homes in RI – Richard Asinof

A nurse is helping an elderly woman with a walker.

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer NOTE: This article is with Marguerite McLaughlin and Gail Patry Image courtesy of Healthcentric Advisors A strategic response to a policy paper published by Milbank Memorial Fund, looking at federal policies Editor’s Note: The residents of nursing homes, already a highly vulnerable population, became one of the principal victims…

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Addressing a failed system – Richard Asinof

A woman in a brown sweater sitting in a chair.

by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Tina Spears, executive director of the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island. An interview with Tina Spears, executive director of the Community Provider Network of Rhode Island As a blizzard descended on the Northeast, the way that we define community and neighborhood has become self-evident, much like the…

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RI health and human services depleted, silos worse in 15 years under EOHHS umbrella – Richard Asinof

The community care alliance building in san francisco.

by Richard Asinof, contributing writer, ConvergenceRI Photo: Benedict Lessing, Community Care Alliance Editor’s Note: Benedict Lessing, the president and CEO of Community Care Alliance, was one of the last witnesses to give testimony at the more than two-hour hearing held Dec. 16, 2021, before the Senate legislative commission looking at the current structure of the…

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