hospital care
When Is the “Best Doctor” Not the Best Doctor?
Choosing the best doctor is a personal choice. Avoid basing your choices on other people’s experiences or on slick marketing that may not be relevant to you.
Read MoreHow To Manage When Healthcare Answers Are Just Out Of Reach
It can be hard to get healthcare answers, especially when you don’t feel heard. Having an advocate by your side can make all the difference.
Read MoreHow Would You Like Your Healthcare: High Tech Or High Touch?
Everywhere we turn, we can see the impact of technology. “There’s an app for that!” we hear. But is high-tech healthcare right for everyone? For much of our lives, that’s just fine. I’m okay with an app keeping track of who shows up at my front door or the choices I make for watching TV.…
Read MoreAging and Alone? Who Will Hold Your Hand Through Healthcare Challenges?
There are terms used to describe those who are aging and alone. “Elder Orphans” is one. “Solo Seniors” is another. Both describe the concept of someone who is older and has no family or younger friends to help out in time of medical crisis (or, for that matter, any other life-assisting event like moving, or…
Read MoreThis Covid-19 Side Effect Could Destroy Your Financial Security
When you take steps to avoid Covid-19 infection, you’re not just protecting your health, you’re also guarding your financial security, too. Avoid the Covid-19 side effect you may overlook: the costs!
Read More“Invisible Patients” and the COVID Pandemic
With thanks to advocate and guest blogger, Karen Leitson. Find Karen’s advocacy profile here: Personalized Healthcare Advocate Do you or does someone in your family have an unattended medical condition or illness that might be taking a back seat to the coronavirus public health crisis? There is never a “good time” to be sick or…
Read MoreHow To Manage Your Loved One’s Care Remotely
Managing your loved one’s care can be tough, especially if you’re trying to do it from a distance. Learn how to work well with facility staff and get the support you need.
Read MoreHow To Prepare For A Hospitalization: A Checklist
Heading into the hospital can be scary. But preparation is key. Use this checklist to prepare for a hospitalization.
Read MoreWhen To Trust A Surgical Assembly Line
You may not love the sound of a surgical assembly line. But when can you trust that approach and when should you run the other way?
Read MoreSo What Are You S’Posed to Do With Those Hospital Prices?
In the category of “be careful what you wish for…” Well-meaning policy people have now created a monster. We can name this monster “Good Start,” but it’s not a very useful monster – yet. That monster rears its ugly head in the form of the new law that became effective January 1, 2019 that requires…
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