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BrightStar® of SW Pittsburgh and BrightStar® of SE Pittsburgh Awarded Accreditation from The Joint Commission

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

BrightStar of SW Pittsburgh and BrightStar of SE Pittsburgh a full-service homecare agency that provides both medical and non-medical homecare, ...

Homecare Hospice

5 & 50—Two Important Numbers in Health Care Costs

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

November is National Homecare and Hospice Month. According to a recent article by the National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC): “Our ...

Homecare Hospice

AseraCare Meeting the Needs of individuals and Their Families

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Angie Hollis-Sells, President of AseraCare, discusses how AseraCare Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Medicine meets the needs of individuals and ...

Rehab

Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse Among Youth and Young Adults

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Lily Brindle Out of every five teenagers in the United States, one of them is abusing prescription drugs.  Could ...

Homecare

Bringing Care Home Resources

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

The Pennsylvania Homecare Association (PHA) has developed a powerful video resource and informative guidebook called Bringing Care Home. The 11-minute documentary chronicles the stories of three Pennsylvania families grappling ...

Patient Experience

6 Parenting Lessons Learned from Cancer

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Listen as these amazing moms with cancer talk about how the disease changed the way they parent. Click on the image ...

Homecare

Memorization Keeps the Brain Active!

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

According to research, memorization has been found to be an effective way to keep the brain active. So, too, can ...