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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. We have 350,000 grandparents taking care of grandkids.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

This bill would preclude the government from charging interest on their loans during when they are unable to afford payments on the principal. AAFP Responds to IPPS Proposed Rules Why it matters: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems proposed rule.