Initiative expands to help Iowa seniors stay in their homes longer

A University of Iowa pilot program launched in 2019 to help older Iowans continue living independently in their homes is seeing wide success and will soon be available statewide. Brian Kaskie, a UI professor of health policy, says a senior citizen who is hospitalized for an illness or a medical procedure may wind up in […]

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