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LCS CEO Joel Nelson announces succession plan, Chris Bird to be promoted

LCS CEO Joel Nelson has announced he will step down from his role at the end of the year after more than 40 years with the Des Moines-based senior living provider. Chris Bird, LCS president …

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DMU, UI partner in ILEND program, which improves health of people with disabilities

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and University of Iowa Health Care have partnered to welcome the first student from a doctor of occupational therapy program to the Iowa Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and …

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CSA opens new location as it seeks to retain workers, deliver services

Community Support Advocates hosted a ribbon cutting in June for its new 87,000-square-foot building at 1516 Valley West Drive in West Des Moines. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Dwight Photography

Community Support Advocates President and CEO …

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Total Health Experience to break ground Thursday on Urbandale medical campus

Total Health Experience is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for a state-of-the-art medical campus planned on 25.3 acres, north of Interstate Highways 80/35 in Urbandale. The event starts at 10 a.m. and is open to the …

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Ivy College of Business, McFarland Clinic partner to help students connect business, health care

Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business and McFarland Clinic in Ames have signed an agreement to help students combine their interests in business and health care and create opportunities for paid health care management …

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USDA makes $4.5 million available to add nutrition hubs

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the availability $4.5 million to establish three new USDA Nutrition Hubs in communities across the country. USDA Nutrition Hubs aim to equitably advance food and nutrition …

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Panelists share potential benefits, risks associated with technology in mental health care during dsm Lifting the Veil event

Mental health care experts weighed in on the potential benefits and risks associated with new technology tools used for mental health care during dsm magazine’s Lifting the Veil event on June 13.

The four panelists …

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On With Life, New Horizons Center announce partnership

On With Life, a nonprofit that provides a neuro rehabilitation program, announced a partnership with New Horizons, an adult day care provider, to expand services at a new campus in Ankeny. Samantha Braune was appointed …

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DMACC to host ‘Doc Ops Day’ training for inaugural class of emergency medicine residents at UnityPoint Health

The Des Moines Area Community College fire science technology, emergency medical technician and paramedic programs will host a hands-on “Doc Ops Day” training event for the inaugural class of emergency medicine residents from UnityPoint Health …

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Disability Rights Iowa looks to grow its advocacy as it celebrates 40 years

Growing up in Iowa City, Catherine Johnson distinctly remembers watching Geraldo Rivera’s 1972 investigative documentary that exposed inhumane living conditions at Willowbrook State School, a facility for youths with intellectual disabilities in Staten Island, N.Y. …