At 17, while other teens were worrying about prom dresses and SAT testing, Melissa Frechette was a new immigrant in America caring for her grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease. She learned through trial and error how to manage care for a loved one with this debilitating disease and gleaned what she could from extended family members...
Darleen Simms received a visit from her brother every day that she spent at SKLD Livonia since moving there in December 2017. He came so frequently that most members of the staff got to know him as well. His visits stopped when he unexpectedly fell ill and passed away in early November, leaving Darleen distraught....
Anna Schultz of Grand Rapids, Michigan, remembers getting in her car after attending church on Sunday, September 30 and then her memory goes blank. What happened next, she’s had to piece together from witnesses. Anna suffered a cardiac arrest while driving and cruised through the intersection of 28thSt. and Eastern Ave., where her car collided...
Illuminate HC adds two more facilities to Michigan portfolio - the former Heartland/Crestview in Wyoming and Providence Zeeland.
Now, a group of researchers from Tufts University have done just that–developed a “smart bandage” that has the ability to monitor a chronic wound for infection, and deliver antibiotics, growth factors or even pain medicine if needed. “The smart bandage we created, with pH and temperature sensors and antibiotic drug delivery, is really a prototype...
"The economics of post-hospital care have shifted, but the delivery model is stuck in the 20th century," Zuckerman said. "Change is needed to compete in an environment where patients in skilled-care facilities have more complex needs, margins are shrinking, and performance improvements are increasingly important to boost facility reimbursement levels."
Illuminate is using the brand SKLD, pronounced “skilled,” to brand the nursing home assets that it manages. Any services that face the families and patients will be known as SKLD. Technology is a particular focus for the young firm. Illuminate is developing a proprietary logistics system that incorporates the use of wearable devices. Staff will be the primary users of the wearable devices and there are some ideas in the works for using them with patients.
There's a new player on the long-term care scene and it makes no small plans for its nursing homes. Illuminate HC is its name, and the moniker itself is a show of the creativity behind its leaders.
SOUTHFIELD, MI (July 12, 2018) – Illuminate HC announced today that it has assumed management of nine former HCR ManorCare post-hospital care facilities in the greater Detroit and Grand Rapids markets, establishing the company’s first properties in Michigan and providing a launching pad for innovations designed to elevate the skilled care experience. The facilities, formerly...
The protein Abeta 42–which is indicative of Alzheimer’s disease if present in elevated levels–can be tested for as early as age 55. Canadian neuroscientist Dr. Patrick McGeer and his wife, Dr. Edith McGeer, suggest individuals found to have an elevated level of Abeta 42 begin taking daily ibuprofen to ward off the disease. More to...