charity

New intervention helps substance abuse patients better manage their health

Mental health services for rural farmers need urgent attention, say researchers

Leave a Comment / Mental health / By

Mental health services in rural areas need urgent attention to ensure farmers’ needs are adequately met, researchers say. Farmers facing worsening mental health issues experience what researchers call a tense “support landscape” in rural areas. A study funded by the ESRC and published today in Rural sociology shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has led to …

Mental health services for rural farmers need urgent attention, say researchers Read More »

Charity Martin Lewis highlights the mental cost of the cost of living crisis

Leave a Comment / Mental health / By

The shocking impact that soaring bills are having on mental health has been laid bare by a report that highlights how money worries are driving many people to consider suicide. The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, a charity founded and chaired by consumer champion Martin Lewis, reported that 17% of survey respondents said they …

Charity Martin Lewis highlights the mental cost of the cost of living crisis Read More »

Art is good for mental health, says UK charity that brings patients and artists together for collaborative projects in hospitals | Artnet News

Art is good for mental health, says UK charity that brings patients and artists together for collaborative projects in hospitals | Artnet News

Leave a Comment / Mental health / By

UK charity Hospital Rooms has a clear mission to improve the standard of living for mental health patients through art. For the past six years, curator Niamh White and artist Tim A. Shaw have accessed the tightly controlled wards of UK National Health Service (NHS) buildings, working with patients, clinicians and artists at pinnacle of …

Art is good for mental health, says UK charity that brings patients and artists together for collaborative projects in hospitals | Artnet News Read More »

Hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn't

Hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn’t

Leave a Comment / Health care / By

To help patients in financial difficulty, California lawmakers have moved to strengthen state requirements for hospitals to provide free or reduced-cost care. AB 1020, which took effect in January, makes more people eligible for discounted care, raising the income levels below which hospitals are supposed to offer it to uninsured patients or those facing high …

Hospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn’t Read More »

Mission Health has made its application for charitable care funding available online for the first time.

Request for charity care from public mission after pressure from patient advocates

Leave a Comment / Health care / By

ASHEVILLE — Pressure from patient advocates on HCA Healthcare paid off Nov. 17 when the company made a sample of its charitable care financial assistance request public online on the Mission Health website. Mission is perhaps the first of all HCA hospital systems – there are more than 180 in its network in the US …

Request for charity care from public mission after pressure from patient advocates Read More »

Ellen Pompeo co-founded BETR Remedies to support charity pharmacies, closing the gap in healthcare

Ellen Pompeo co-founded BETR Remedies to support charity pharmacies, closing the gap in healthcare

Leave a Comment / Health care / By

BETR Remedies Co-Founders: Livio Bisterzo, CEO, Ellen Pompeo, Director of Impact, and Jennifer … [+] Hoffman, President Courtesy of BETR Remedies Charity pharmacies are the hidden secret of families who cannot afford the necessary medicines. Ellen Pompeo, along with her co-founders, Livio Bisterzo and Jennifer Hoffman, started BETR Remedies to help fix the broken healthcare …

Ellen Pompeo co-founded BETR Remedies to support charity pharmacies, closing the gap in healthcare Read More »