Long-term health care needs loom in Southern Illinois
Memorial Hospital seeks approval to add 19 beds to meet eight to ten year demand while CHPSI notes many seniors travel outside the region for open heart surgery and specialized services. Dialysis capacity exists but is not easily accessible. nursing home beds are scarce for Medicare patients. discharge planning is weak and coordinated care for the elderly is lacking across 27 counties, signaling a regional health care gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Randolph County
Maroney
Comprehensive Health Planning of Southern Illinois Inc
CHPSI
Effingham
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Anita L. Rosen
Patricia L. Gunter
Ms. Rosen
Southern Illinois
Costello's Nursing Home Costs Strain Murphysboro Couple
Edna and Vern Costello face mounting nursing home charges in Illinois. Vern, 80, has been in Jackson County Nursing Home seven years, while Edna, 81, hesitates to apply for Medicaid due to asset limits and a lien on their house. Medicaid rules force many elderly to spend nearly all assets before aid, and new proposals would require adult children to contribute to parental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Edna Baker
Murphysboro
Vern Costello
Elkville
Costello
Jackson County
Ilinois
Harland
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Illinois
Without a live-in companion Mamie dies at 91 in Illinois
Mamie, aged about 91, died after a fall and harboring deep loneliness at her Murphysboro home and in a Jackson County nursing home. Her daughter Ellen links the death to inability to secure a 24 hour live-in caregiver, noting the health system lacks in home companionship services. The piece details failed attempts to find sitters, the impact of subsidized housing, and the broader program gaps in Illinois aging care.
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Illinois Department of Public Health
Area
Jackson
Union
Franklin
Perry
Johnson and Massac
Randolph
Williamson
Cathy A. Monroe
Mamie
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Ellen
Southern
Illinois
Helen Dowell
Ruthann Lampkin
Emma Hayes Center
Carbondale
Rock Island
Evanston
Illinois Department On Aging
Jean Rogers
Illinois Job Service
Chicago-area
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S.johnson
Robert Gustafson
Carterville
Illinois Senior Citizens Legislative Forum
The
State Public Health Department
Jackson County Nursing Home
Social Services
Eleanore Schmeck
Egyptian Area Agency On
Jerry Lover
Dave Collins
Sandusky
Katie Paite
Collins
Karl Piepenburg
Piepenburg
Ebien
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