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By Dr. Brian Temple, an infectious disease physician at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Wis. Reprinted from CHHSM member Advocate Aurora Health’s COVID-19 Update e-news blast of June 7, 2021, and Advocate Health E-News website. Long has mistrust of the medical community lingered among our Black and Brown communities. And now with the COVID-19 vaccine,…
Former CHHSM Scholar Essence Ellis has been named the first-ever recipient of the CHHSM & JLCM United Church of Christ Fellowship. The program was created by CHHSM and the UCC’s Justice and Local Church Ministries (JLCM) to prepare the fellow to become a leader working at the intersections of theology, public health, racial justice, gender…
Reason to Have Hope: A Public Health Response to Racism — a multi-part, online, interactive, and highly adaptable course created by CHHSM — is now online. The innovative, user-friendly curriculum is geared for a group learning environment, and includes history, current events, theology, stories of resilience, and the intersections of race and social issues to…
In 2019, the Rev. Dr. Gloria Brown, senior staff chaplain at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago, planted the seed of an idea during an Advocate Partners of Faith and Health Network (PFHN) meeting: Why not keep daily journals, writing down something for which they were grateful each day? Brown’s colleague, Patricia A. Jackson, CHW, with…
Embrace Living Communities, based in Oak Brooke, Ill., not only extends its quality of service to its housing communities; it also builds quality relationships with people and organizations in the wider community. Its Rockford Communities is just one example. A common misconception about older adult affordable housing is that the properties are not well maintained,…
By Kendall Curtis, Graphic Designer and Marketing Assistant, Archway Communities. This story first appeared in Archway Communities’ monthly Resident Spotlight. It is reprinted here with permission. As I sit in Richard “Gonzo” Beck’s studio in Redline Contemporary Art Gallery (located behind Archway’s Cornerstone Residence) he tells me that his passion for art began in prison. “It…
A new offering in the CHHSM webinar series takes place June 16 at 3 p.m. ET. This new webinar will focus on ways the older adult communities can adapt to the new challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created. Register for the webinar. The 30-minute Safer in Senior Living webinar will discuss: The reason behind the decrease…
United Church Homes and Services (UCHS), headquartered in Newton, N.C., recently named Kim Kilday as chief marketing officer (CMO). As CMO, Kilday will provide guidance and leadership in all areas of marketing and communications for the organization’s 12 programs throughout North Carolina and Virginia. Kilday comes to UCHS with 14 years of marketing and sales…
By the Rev. Kenneth Daniel The Rev. Ken Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes, recently published this reflection column in his blog on the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging of United Church Homes’ website. It is reprinted here with permission. Early in the pandemic, we began to hear the phrase, “We…
I am writing this column while I am “on vacation” in southern California. The desert environment is an amazing and beautiful landscape that contains so many surprises and unexpected wonders. Many of the miracles of nature that appear here every day make me ponder the possibilities ahead of us as we begin to emerge from…
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For patients facing cancer, heart disease, neurological conditions and other serious illnesses, clinical trials can offer access to a promising new treatment while helping researchers learn more about...