Health care

A Health Care Home - Quick Overview

topics: building community, health care, overview, relationships

Some health care providers think of their work as simply providing services or products. We think of Maple City Health Care Center as a health care home. A home is where a person feels safe, welcome, known, and valued.
Ways We Help

topics: for donors, for prospective employees, featured items, health care, overview, services we provide

We help people who feel sick or who need a physical exam. We help people stay healthy. We care for people who have life-long diseases like diabetes or high blood pressure. We help people find special medical care. We care for people of all ages, nationalities and income levels.

New Leaf

topics: chronic disease management, health care, involvement, suggested items

Two nurses invented a program to help people in our neighborhood live healthier lives.
Pregnancy Circle Groups

topics: pregnancy circle groups, health care, relationships, suggested items

Pregnancy Circle Group is a method of providing prenatal health care based on the interaction of a group of expecting parents.

Break the Rules and Bust the Budget

topics: featured items, health care, integration, relationships, suggested items

by James Nelson Gingerich
Don't Touch Me!

topics: about doulas, health care, services we provide

A doula helps a woman give birth. A doula coaches, comforts, encourages, supports, and empowers.
The Doctor Gets a Shot

topics: health care, for patients, suggested items

Lois is a patient in her forties. She doesn’t mince words, uses language you wouldn’t call “polite,” sometimes expects special treatment, and always calls me “Honey.” She has a number of chronic conditions, and we see quite a bit of her at the health care center.

Healthy Living Group

topics: chronic disease management, culture and health care, health care, suggested items

Goshen, Indiana – At Maple City Health Care Center, a group of people have replaced diets, stress, and worry with something more fun.
Maple City's 20th Birthday

topics: health care, our history, suggested items

Twenty years ago, on February 20, 1989, Maple City Health Care Center opened our doors to help our first patient.

Elkhart Truth - Affordablity

topics: affordability, for donors, health care, relationships, for health care administrators, suggested items

A newspaper article about Maple City Health Care Center's strategies for affordable high quality health care.
Elkhart Truth - Holes in Health Safety Net

topics: affordability, health care

A newspaper article about a Maple City Health Care patient's experience with Medicaid.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

topics: affordability, health care

A journal to disseminate information on the health of, and health care for, low income and other medically under-served communities. The journal is for health care practitioners, policy makers, and community leaders who are in a position to effect meaningful change. The journal deals with access to, quality of, and cost of health care.