My mother was a professional caregiver in senior care for 30 years and it took a toll on her body and sometimes emotions. I saw it firsthand. Bad knees, varicose…
Year: 2019
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An Introduction
Some people call Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig’s Disease or simply ALS. Whatever it’s called, ALS is a devastating and terminal neurodegenerative disease that has a highly predictable clinical course.…
Stop the Drama Among Your Employees!
Ok, everyone probably likes a small amount of drama here and there, because it spices things up a little. But when drama is the main ingredient in your workplace culture,…
Depressed Healthcare Professionals: A Serious and Growing Problem
Healthcare professionals, like doctors, nurses and others, are human and experience everything any other person would, including depression, burnout and suicidal thoughts and actions. They are just as vulnerable, if…
De-Escalation in Senior Care
When I was a younger professional, and just after receiving my Master’s Degree, I took a position as a therapist in a group home for seriously mentally ill, criminal adolescents.…
Traumatic Loss: What it is and How to Recover
A fatal accident. Another teen takes his or her life. A heroin overdose. The victim of a drive-by shooting. Another high school massacre. No one anticipates these and no one…