National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week is Sept. 10-16, 2023. DSP stands for Direct Support Professional. These are the dedicated and invaluable people who support those with disabilities. DSPs work tirelessly to provide physical, emotional, and professional support. ...
The FDA has recently approved exciting new treatments that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a scourge that claims more American lives than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. One such medicine, Leqembi, reduced early-stage Alzheimer’s patients’ cognitive decline ...
Considering that by 2030 about one in three Pennsylvania residents — 33 percent — are expected to be over 60 years old, it is right that the state has begun working on a plan to ensure that adequate services and protections will be in place to serve that larger elderly ...
As a lifelong Democrat, I am totally frustrated with the path our chosen leader is taking this country. I think he’s in a continual brain freeze. Why would you let thousands of illegal people into our country? Everyone says we need a better immigration policy. Why? We have an ...
AMED is experiencing the same manpower-shortage pressures that many area volunteer fire departments have been dealing with for more than a few years. Fortunately for AMED, the ambulance service still is able to describe its manpower status as “flat” rather than critically deficient. ...
Our state legislature is broken. There’s gerrymandering, lobbyists giving gifts to politicians, partisan primaries and so many other issues. Good news: Last year a bill to ban politicians from receiving gifts from lobbyists was unanimously approved out of committee. Bad news: The ...