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Meeting Senior Health Needs (The Woodlands Villager) Health care needs to be aligned toward the patient, Congressman Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, said during a commendation in honor of National Home Health Care and Hospice Month. us.rd.yahoo.com
UTMB's Role In Indigent Care Uncertain After Ike (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth) Now as a wounded UTMB slowly heals after 3,000 post-Ike layoffs and downsizing to less than half of the 550 beds once at the hospital, concerns are mounting as to what the changes will mean long-term for indigent health care in southeast Texas and the rest of the state. us.rd.yahoo.com
Phelps, 86, remembered for architectural landmarks throughout Texas (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) Obituary: Raymond Phelps designed or supervised the construction of the medical and dental schools at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; the Federal Reserve buildings in San Antonio, Houston and El Paso; the U.S Embassy in Mexico City, the HemisFair convention center and Broadway Bank, among dozens of other projects in a career spanning five decades. us.rd.yahoo.com
More families turning to home health care for aging relatives (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By MARIA M. PEROTIN After Marcella Hoedl fell and punctured a lung this year, the 91-year-old’s family knew she would need extra care. Relatives thought about a move to a nursing home or an assisted living facility, but Hoedl wanted to stay in the Colleyville home that she shares with her daughter and son-in-law. So they hired Neida Mock of the Bedford office of Homewatch CareGivers, who now ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Beloved N. Texas Methodist pastor, 50, to enter hospice care for cancer (Dallas Morning News) A collective “Why her, Lord?” shuddered through the ranks of North Texas United Methodists late last week. us.rd.yahoo.com
Laid-off UTMB professionals in high demand at job fair (Houston Chronicle) Hospitals hired health professionals, especially nurses, on the spot Monday during the first day of a two-day job fair for the 3,000 employees laid off by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. us.rd.yahoo.com
Medical bill advocates navigate payment process (Fort Worth Business Press) When Carlene King was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2007, she didn’t have health insurance. She also didn’t have any debt, and the bills for her surgery, hospital stay, pathology reports, home health care and other services alarmed her. us.rd.yahoo.com
UTMB's Role In Indigent Care Uncertain (KPRC Local 2 Houston) HOUSTON -- For years it's been known as the hospital of last resort for the uninsured and indigent in Texas. us.rd.yahoo.com
More families turning to home health care for aging relatives (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) The demand is growing as more people who need extra care choose to avoid nursing homes and similar facilities. us.rd.yahoo.com
‘They’ve left us out on a limb’ (Baytown Sun) Problems at Galveston’s University of Texas Medical Branch hospital complex in Galveston may seem far removed to most people in the Baytown area, but the problems hit home for Barbara Sweeney. us.rd.yahoo.com
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