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Health Care Grant Provides Pandemic Lifeline to Rural Montana Senior Care Facility
Perched atop a hill at the end of a residential street in rural Glasgow sits the Valley View Home. This 96-bed skilled nursing facility provides care for nearly 100 senior residents from multiple northeastern Montana counties.
Affiliated with the nearby First Lutheran Church,… [Read More]
09.06.2023
New Clinic Provides Increased Access to Health Care in Rural Montana
What happens to a vacant big-box retail space in a rural community with leaders who have a vision and passion for service? In the case of Shelby, Montana, rural residents here and beyond will benefit with increased access to quality, affordable health care at a new, state-of-the… [Read More]
07.25.2023

Home Care Cooperative Training Meets Pressing Need in Rural Nebraska
It started with a simple phone call. A few years ago, a woman contacted Cindy Houlden, the Cooperative Business Director at the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, with a question about home care cooperative job opportunities. At the time, Houlden and her team were not… [Read More]
06.14.2023

USDA Rural Development celebrates Chugachmiut Regional Health Center groundbreaking
USDA Rural Development Alaska State Director Julia Hnilicka attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Chugachmiut Regional Health Center in Seward, Alaska, Saturday, June 3. The occasion marked the start of construction of the $20 million facility.
“The past three years really… [Read More]
06.05.2023

Winning in Winner with Advanced Technology
Giving patients the best and most thorough mammography screening experience is so important to a rural community, but the technology doesn’t last forever.
That’s exactly what Winner Regional Health experienced when their aging two-dimensional (2D) mammography imaging wasn’t… [Read More]
02.23.2023

'Going the Extra Mile' to Provide Post-Pandemic Health Services
While the number and severity of new cases may be down, the coronavirus continues to have a devastating impact on some of the most vulnerable members of the population. The youth served through the Harvest Outreach Center (HOC) in Rustburg, Va., are the faces of a national… [Read More]
12.14.2022

Rural Healthcare Worker Lisa Fensick: An Everyday Hero Saving Lives
First responders are often on the front lines of health care, and their impact to rural communities has been immeasurable. For Lisa Fensick of Seaford, Delaware, this impact drove her desire to become a nationally registered Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT).
“I became a… [Read More]
11.17.2022

Center Keeps Selby Citizens Safe
Nestled on Selby's eastern edge sits the Walworth County Care Center. The center originally opened in the 1960s and has served the area’s 5,300 residents for over six decades. But in 2018, the owners of the center deemed it unprofitable and notified staff the facility would be… [Read More]
11.01.2022

How Rural Partnerships Helped Glasgow Community Open Its First Hospice Center
For the people of Glasgow, Kentucky, collaborations between the local electric cooperative, USDA Rural Development and other county entities have helped meet critical needs in the community. The first partnership between Farmers RECC, their power supplier, East Kentucky Power… [Read More]
10.24.2022
Strength in Members: Cooperative Home Care Resiliency in a Time of Crisis
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, home care cooperatives were a beacon of hope for overburdened health care workers and the industry that faced its breaking point. Many workers who wanted a stake in the day-to-day operations turned to the cooperative business model, which allows… [Read More]
10.19.2022