WestMass ElderCare Evolves Mission, Rebrands to Access Care Partners
More Than a Name Change As WestMass ElderCare celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, its leaders decided a new name
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Grow Food Northampton Makes Broad Impact on Region
Root Causes By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com Alisa Klein has spent her entire career in the nonprofit world, working on public-health
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Glenmeadow President, CEO Reflects on First Year in Senior Living
Learning Experience Kathy Martin had built an impressive career on higher education — first as a teacher, then as an
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2024 Giving Guide
Regional Philanthropic Opportunities The importance of giving to those in need — and to the organizations who help others secure
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Hospitals Respond Proactively, Creatively to ‘Relentless’ Challenges
Beyond the Status Quo Spiros Hatiras was looking for some wood to knock on. The president and CEO of Holyoke
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Introducing the 2024 Healthcare Heroes
Back in 2017, BusinessWest created a new recognition program to recognize those working in the region’s large, and critically
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Senior Planning Guide 2024
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of Americans age 65 and older — which was 35 million in
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Recent Nursing Graduates Look Forward to New Challenges
Achieving the Dream For every individual who enters the nursing field, there’s a story. Sometimes, several stories. They involve everything
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Early Education Seeks Innovative Solutions to Attract a Workforce
Earning and Learning Dawn DiStefano says early education is “not a career path for the faint of heart,” or something
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Baystate NP Testifies on Boosting Minority Healthcare Providers
A Local Voice in Washington On May 2, Jaines Andrades, a nurse practitioner at Baystate Medical Center in the Trauma
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The Crisis Might Be Over, but Challenges Remain on the Healthcare Workforce Front
Progress Report Jason Pacheco doesn’t like using that phrase ‘new normal’ any more than anyone else these days. It’s more
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MiraVista Expands with New Adult Inpatient Treatment Beds
Meeting a Need MiraVista Behavioral Health Center recently announced the expansion of its facilities with the opening of new adult
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New Treatment for Dangerous Food Allergies Elicits Hope
Breathing a Little Easier About 3.4 million children and 13.6 million adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with what’s
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As the Population Ages, Memory Care Continues to Evolve
Peace of Mind It’s a moment so many families dread — until they come out on the other side. “There’s
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Local Fitness-center Owners Aim to Keep Members Motivated
One Workout at a Time By Emily Thurlow Between platefuls of coma-inducing turkey, complete with all the fixings, and palatable
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EEOC Takes Action Against Associational Discrimination
Guilty by Association By Trevor Brice, Esq. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers are required to provide reasonable
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Legislation Tackles ‘Responsible Use’ of Artificial Intelligence
A Brave New Year By Lauren C. Ostberg, Esq. and Michael McAndrew, Esq. Artificial intelligence — specifically, natural-language chatbots like
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Dispelling Medicaid Myths
Gifts of All Sizes Trigger Five-year Waiting Period By Hyman G. Darling, Esq. It seems like every day a client
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Report Urges Changes to Costs, Affordability, Health Equity
An Unsustainable Path The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) recently voted to issue the 2023 Health Care Cost Trends Report
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2023 Giving Guide
Regional Philanthropic Opportunities When importance of giving to those in need — and to the organizations who help others secure
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For Those Struggling with Addiction, There Is Hope
A Survivor’s Story By James Basler There have been 1 million drug-overdose deaths in this country since 1999. On March
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Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital to Open in Holyoke This Summer
Specialized Approach By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com As Dr. Barry Sarvet surveys Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital a couple months before
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Recovery Ready Workplaces Face Addiction Challenges Head-on
‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’ By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com State Sen. John Velis knows something about addiction and recovery,
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MiraVista Chief Medical Officer Shares Advice for Summer Vacation
Mental Health Shouldn’t Take a Break How do students stay emotionally healthy during a long stretch of school vacation? Dr.
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Nursing Graduates 2023
Introducing the Area’s 2023 Nursing Graduates Hundreds of nursing students recently graduated from the area’s colleges. American International College, the
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Bringing More Nurses into the Field — and Keeping Them There — Remains Critical
Easing the Strain Teresa Kuta Reske loves nursing. She said that on more than one occasion when speaking with BusinessWest
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Meghan Kalbaugh Sees Opportunity and Impact in Nursing
‘I Need to Be a Nurse’ Meghan Kalbaugh’s mother was a nurse who worked in emergency rooms and on patient
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Ashley Girouard Is Grateful for the Difference She’s Already Making
‘I Love the Profession’ To Ashley Girouard, seeing patients isn’t just treating them and sending them on their way. There’s
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Nearing Age 60, Jane Marozzi Finally Has Her BSN in Hand
‘I Always Wanted to Help People’ When Jane Marozzi says she’s been looking forward to earning a bachelor of science
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Memory Screening Can Be an Important Early Step in Dementia
Don’t Ignore the Signs By Joseph Bednar bednar@businesswest.com Like with any disease, Cheryl Moran said, early detection of Alzheimer’s can
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New Alzheimer’s Drug Awaits Approval, Spurs Hope
Making Progress In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) via the Accelerated Approval pathway for the
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Tackling Issues of Nutrition, Hunger Requires Multi-level Approach
All Hands on Deck In the six months since the Biden-Harris administration hosted the second-ever White House Conference on Hunger,
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Experts Reveal Ways to Stay Fit Working from Home
An Active Office Since COVID-19 swept across the globe, many industries have shifted to fully remote or hybrid working. During
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Why Many Diets Don’t Stick, and How to Improve the Odds
Set Up to Fail “How to lose weight fast” has an average 284,000 monthly search volume in the U.S., demonstrating
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Hospitals Challenged by Rising Costs, Falling Revenues
Critical Condition An “inflection point.” That’s what Dr. Robert Roose says hospitals have reached when it comes to their bottom
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STCC Celebrates Opening of Workforce Development CNA Laboratory
Meeting a Growing Need According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of certified nursing assistants will grow 11% from 2018
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Community Behavioral Health Centers Strive to Leave No One Behind
Care Where It’s Needed Christy O’Brien sees the state’s new Community Behavioral Health Centers(CBHCs) as a way to keep people
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State Connects Families with High-demand Jobs in Healthcare, Education
Getting on Track The Department of Transitional Assistance’s DTA Works Internship Program recently launched two new career tracks in healthcare
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For Those on the Organ-donation List, It’s a Painful Numbers Game
Wait of the World By George O’Brien Mark Auerbach says he had started down the stairs in his home in
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Opioid Addiction Remains a Persistent Problem in Massachusetts
Crisis State By Joseph Bednar Christine Palmieri has read the numbers regarding a spike in overdose deaths in Massachusetts over
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