With caution and care, bringing back services stopped by COVID in senior communities
Knowing the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, Catholic Charities’ senior communities responded to the pandemic quickly and thoroughly, restricting gatherings and cancelling some of the in-house health services available to residents. [...]
Villa Maria is virtually ready for school
There’s a popular phrase, “If you stay ready, you won’t have to get ready.” That’s pretty much how the administrators and staff of Villa Maria School plan to operate this fall semester. Schools across [...]
When yard work is a sign of love returning
The Facebook post opened with a megaphone cartoon and the declaration “We have some exciting news!” That’s how Anna’s House announced it was ready to welcome volunteers back to its Bel Air property, [...]
Is telehealth here to stay?
Three months into the quarantine prompted by COVID-19, Behavioral Health Administrator Karen Haughey asked her team to think about how a sudden pivot to providing counseling and other behavioral health services online and over [...]
Small squares of smiles for a big milestone
How do you celebrate a milestone accomplishment when you can't be together? For the families and friends who wanted to support the 12 men in classes 84 and 85 at Christopher Place Employment Academy, [...]
Advocacy helps avert cuts to projected state funding
Clients and patients who use Medicaid to pay for their care, and the professionals who care for them, will not be impacted now that the threat of a cut to projected reimbursement rates has been [...]