COVID-19 and Long-Term Care Healthcare Worker Mental Health in Rhode Island

Health care resources for Rhode Island immigrants.

Immigrants and refugees who enter Rhode Island (RI) bring acute needs for medical, social and legal services. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally processes refugees and immigrants. This process includes a medical evaluation (Health Screenings) and assistance with housing, legal status, and employment. Often the medical field is a point of entry into a set of social, health, and l...

Children's mental health and family functioning in Rhode Island.

OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to (a) estimate the prevalence of children's mental health problems, (b) assess family functioning, and (c) investigate the relationship between children's mental health and family functioning in Rhode Island. METHODS From the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, Rhode Island data for children 6 to 17 years of age were used for the analyses (N = 1326). Two...

Mental health among children with special health care needs in Rhode Island.

Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) are defined as“...those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.” In Rhode Island, 17.2% of children younger than 18 years, or 41,783 children, were estimated to have a ...

The Nuts and Bolts of Long-term Care In Rhode Island: Demographics, Services and Costs.

Nearly 8,000 people reside in Rhode Island's (RI's) 84 nursing homes at any single point in time. Many of these people are highly vulnerable because of illness or frailty. In this article, we describe the reasons that RI residents seek care from nursing homes, the associated costs (with a focus on Medicare and Medicaid payment), and different ways to assess nursing home quality. We also describ...

Health care worker shortage: pervasive and long-term.