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The price of love: Three important money tips for caregivers
Reuters

The price of love: Three important money tips for caregivers

Mary Naylor of the School of Nursing says that employee benefits are critical for caregiving but that people often don’t even know they exist or avail themselves of them.

Where are all the nurses? Hospitals, advocates disagree on crisis
Healthcare Dive

Where are all the nurses? Hospitals, advocates disagree on crisis

A study conducted by the School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research finds that nurses who remain at hospitals struggle with rising rates of burnout as they shoulder the workloads of short-staffed units.

As people live longer, family caregivers face financial challenges
A health professional assists a person with a walker.

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As people live longer, family caregivers face financial challenges

Many people overlook the short- and long-term costs of financial caregiving, a growing problem that financial advisors and employers can help address, according to a new report by Penn Nursing.

From Penn Nursing News

Two Penn schools partner with Camden County to launch virtual reality Narcan training
Four people, one on a stretcher, outside an ambulance learning how to administer Narcan.

Real-life EMT Barry Hunter, second from left, talks to actors David Blatt, Newton Buchanan, Bi Jean Ngo, and Britt Fauzer. Blatt portrayed a man overdosing, Ngo and Fauzer acted as people administering Narcan, and Newton played an EMT. Kyle Cassidy, one of the creators of the training video, says Hunter helped teach Newton how to enter the scene and what to carry.

(Image: Kyle Cassidy)

Two Penn schools partner with Camden County to launch virtual reality Narcan training

The Annenberg School for Communication and School of Nursing continue their efforts to train as many people as possible on administering the lifesaving overdose reversal medication.
Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response
Two police officers knocking on the door of a house.

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Study highlights concerns regarding police involvement in mental health crisis response

Many cities co-deploy police officers alongside health professionals when responding to mental health threats. A study from Penn’s School of Nursing analyzes the perspectives and preferences of these programs among residents.

From Penn Nursing News