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It’s hard to think of anything more monumental than moving senior parents out of their home into a new living situation.  Helping your parents move is a huge project.  The emotional and practical elements will require all your tact, patience and organization.   Unless your parent is very ill, she should be involved in all the decisions around moving.  To prevent overwhelming your parent with ...Success Tips for Moving Senior Parents

In 1920 the company helped to organize the Committee on Administrative Practice of the American Public Health Association, which made a systematic investigation of the work of the larger health departments throughout the country. The work of this committee, originally financed by the Metropolitan, brought about much improvement in standards by developing methods of measuring the effectiveness of health departments. The ...The Legacy of Dr. Frankel

The outstanding feature of the medical program for employees of Metropolitan life insurance company was the extraordinary reduction of tuberculosis among them. The concern of company executives over employees falling ill with tuberculosis long antedated any organized plan for their care. At first the company paid for treatment of employees at private sanatoria. But in the beginning of the 20th century the officers felt ...Establishment of a Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Patients