Respondents to a Catholic Health Association survey are grappling with five broad issues: changes in leadership, system affiliation, ethics, community services, and AIDS.
A retirement community annex that provides supportive services advances the cause of aging with dignity.
An assessment tool helps a nursing home meet residents' spiritual needs.
A one-year project identifies effective interventions to improve congregate housing residents' medication knowledge, cognitive functioins, and social interactions.
The second in a series of four excerpts of a Catholic Health Association document on the euthanasia debate, this article examines the social and political context of the issue.
A case study reveals how facility redesign and job class reconfiguration allowed a hospital to reduce the cost and complexity of providing care.
This healthcare decision-making standard must be applied in a community context.
An integrated delivery network at Providence ElderPlace, Portland, OR, offers a continuum of care for the frail elderly.
In a roundtable discussion, leaders of religious institutes explore what sponsors must do to ensure a vital Catholic health ministry for the future.
A model for preserving congregations’ presence in the Catholic healthcare ministry stresses new approaches to collaboration.
At St. Edward Mercy Medical Center, Fort Smith, AR, values-based articulation of goals and directions permeates all decision making.
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