Not everyone leaves the hospital feeling content about the quality of their care. At the University of Vermont Medical Center, dissatisfied patients have a place to go: the Office of Patient & Family Advocacy. But what happens once they’ve filed a complaint? Last...
With the Department of Mental Health still working to resolve prolonged wait times for psychiatric inpatient beds, hospitals have turned to the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care to learn how to improve services within their emergency departments. One of its...
On Barre Street in Montpelier, Another Way Community Center sustained little damage from the flooding that devastated much of the rest of the city in July, keeping its doors open during and after the storm. “We did have some minor flooding in the basement. There was...
The Elmwood Emergency Shelter Community, which opened in February, accommodates up to 35 adults in small, modular structures on a former parking lot just outside downtown Burlington. Getting the project off the ground wasn’t easy, according to city officials, who, in...
The Massachusetts General Court will soon consider legislation to establish 14 or more peer-run respite centers in the Bay State, with a minimum of one in each county. Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, alongside Rep. Smitty Pignatelli, introduced the bill in the lower chamber in...
• Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Peter Welch, and Rep. Becca Balint hosted a “town meeting on youth mental health” on June 29 at Spaulding High School in Barre. Sanders cited “a mental health crisis in America,” particularly “for our young people, who are living with...
