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Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Howard Dental Center - Restores Smiles
Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Howard Dental Center - Restores Smiles Home News A success story about Christopher Sloan, an HIV-positive man, who after losing his teeth and significant jaw bone structure from medications due to his health status, received …
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Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Re:Vision - La Cocina
Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Re:Vision - La Cocina Home News La Cocina is a vital component of Re:Vision’s efforts in the Southwest part of Denver to establish community food systems and empower children and families to make healthy food choices. This video was …
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Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Clinica Tepeyac on Integrated Care - The Contreras Family
Colorado KaleidosCOpe: Clinica Tepeyac on Integrated Care - The Contreras Family Home News Clinica’s behaviorist diagnosed 14-year-old Daniel with depression but due to other symptoms, sent him to the clinic. Within a week he had surgery for a brain …
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Colorado Health Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to Improve Primary Care
Colorado Health Foundation Awards $2.9 Million to Improve Primary Care Funding Supports Statewide Efforts to Strengthen the Delivery of Integrated,Team-based Care Home News DENVER, CO — The Colorado Health Foundation today announced $2.9 million in …
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A Long-Term Support Party in Montrose
A Long-Term Support Party in Montrose Home News Building a community of long-term services and supports, the focus of this issue of Health Elevations, can be as much play as it is work. The senior center in Montrose is a vital core of the community, with …
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Colorado Health Foundation Releases New Renderings of Proposed Headquarters
Colorado Health Foundation Releases New Renderings of Proposed Headquarters Home News DENVER, CO — The Colorado Health Foundation today released external renderings of its new headquarters to be located at 1780 Pennsylvania Street in the Uptown …
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Colorado Health Foundation Invests in Second Annual Colorado Digital Health Challenge
Colorado Health Foundation Invests in Second Annual Colorado Digital Health Challenge Companies Competing for Seed Capital to Pilot Opportunities that Advance the Triple Aim Home News DENVER, CO — The Colorado Health Foundation today announced $150,000 in …
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Long-Term Supports May Start Young, But Needs are the Same for All
Long-Term Supports May Start Young, But Needs are the Same for All A Q&A with engineer and activist Joshua Winkler Home News Editor's Note: Colorado has a deep history of disability activists encouraging – and sometimes forcing – change in state and …
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"Networking" Seniors to Cement NORCs
"Networking" Seniors to Cement NORCs Home News In 2007, Ada Menzies met a social worker who helped her elderly parents living in Edgewater. After her parents died, the social worker encouraged Menzies to attend a therapy group for caregivers "After I got …
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Technology: Can It Ease Disability Instead of Add Confusion?
Technology: Can It Ease Disability Instead of Add Confusion? Home News Every morning when Mary Johnson climbs out of bed, she turns on her Samsung Galaxy tablet and touches a large green app with a white checkmark in the middle. The app sends a message to …
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Easing the End of Life with Conversation
Easing the End of Life with Conversation A Unique Project Encourages Families to Talk about the Unmentionable Home News As ethics consultants, Constance Holden at Boulder Community Hospital and Jean Abbott at University Hospital in Aurora are often called …
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Family-Centered Care at the Heart of Latino Elder Initiative
Family-Centered Care at the Heart of Latino Elder Initiative Home News In July 2014, 83-year-old Catalina Gonzalez was in a tough situation: A paperwork glitch left her without Medicaid and without benefits through the Medicare Savings Program, which …