Unsung Heroes

Unsung Heroes

Caring for people causes us to go out on a limb – Caregivers  are charged with performing tasks above and beyond what they’ve been formerly trained to do. They’re asked to look at and touch body parts of a loved one that they never dreamt they’d be asked to look...
A Day in the Life….

A Day in the Life….

I am grateful, honored and humbled to be a nurse and patient advocate. In my practice I see the rawness of life. I see suffering, courage and fortitude that is seldom so visible in my daily experience. This touches me profoundly. I’d like to share my experiences here...
Dementia Care Tip: My Reality or Theirs?

Dementia Care Tip: My Reality or Theirs?

Time and time again, I’ve witnessed the frustration caregivers feel when their loved one with dementia slips into an alternate reality and begins behaving as if in a different place and time. Suddenly the caregiver becomes a character in the replay of some distant...
Your Part in Our Recovery

Your Part in Our Recovery

As the weeks have turned into months, have turned into the foreseeable future, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect us all on increasingly deeper levels. Along with its high infectivity and fatality rates, this virus has caused mass hysteria, tremendous economic...
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