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Men’s Mental Health Matters Too

Men’s Mental Health Matters Too

Taking care of your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health. Men, like women, have a lot of responsibilities in life. Sometimes, men feel pressure to be the ones who support their families. This can make them feel stressed ...

Let’s not forget those with dementia

Let’s not forget those with dementia

Dr. José Novoa, Triple-S Chief Medical Officer This is Alzheimer's and Dementia month. It is a global effort to raise awareness about this frightening disease that ends up isolating those who suffer from these conditions. However, it does not have to be ...

Take precautions when decorating for Christmas

Take precautions when decorating for Christmas

There's nothing like Christmas in Puerto Rico. Many love the experience of decorating their home and putting up the Christmas tree (we often do it even before December comes around). The Christmas spirit is good for us all, especially in times like these. ...

How to choose safe toys for Christmas

How to choose safe toys for Christmas

If you already have the list for Santa or the Three Kings in your hands, consider if a toy is safe for your children before you start your Christmas shopping. A toy that is unsafe or inappropriate for their age could put them at risk. The age of your ...

PECES, a Strong Force in the Eastern Region

PECES, a Strong Force in the Eastern Region

The leading role the organization has taken on is the result of three decades of developing community leaders, especially among the younger population. If anyone knows the value to the community of an organization like PECES, it is José Oquendo. At ...

La Fondita de Jesús, Agents of Social Change

La Fondita de Jesús, Agents of Social Change

This leading organization has been serving the homeless for 35 years. It is celebrating its 35th anniversary in the midst of a pandemic, while still navigating the troubled waters of Hurricane María's aftermath. Both events have transformed the profile of ...

Triple-S Advantage Mastercard

Triple-S Advantage Mastercard

New card simplifies your care and use of benefits Triple-S Advantage, for the first time, combines into a single card the health plan benefits its members need to stay healthy, with money to buy food, pay for home cleaning services, as well as cash for ...

Preventive  Care During a Pandemic

Preventive Care During a Pandemic

Diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, and other chronic conditions have not disappeared during the pandemic. On the contrary, health experts have voiced their concerns, as patients are delaying their care for fear of catching COVID-19. Consequences of ...

The school year has begun, but what happens now?

The school year has begun, but what happens now?

Back-to-school is always a very stressful period for the whole family. Adding to the complication of returning to a class routine, this year brings a curriculum that, for most students, will be entirely virtual due to the current pandemic. Therefore, you ...

Pandemic forces a new path in HR

Pandemic forces a new path in HR

Ilia Rodríguez A case study in HR practices during an unprecedented time The onset of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown imposed in Puerto Rico in Mid-March forced us at Triple-S to pave a new path for our employees, to keep them safe, provide for ...

Food for the body and soul

Food for the body and soul

Community organization reinvents itself once again After six weeks apart, phone calls were not enough to alleviate the sadness and loneliness of elderly participants in the programs of Centro Ramón Frade in Cayey. Abrazo en la Distancia (Hug from a ...