Christina's Considerations

Job Description: Family Caregiver

The Health Affairs blog has an excellent post distinguishing between activities of daily living (ADLs)* and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)**. More importantly, A 21st Century Job Description for Family Caregiving explains why using either term in the context... Read more →

Summer Advice from 3 Experienced Caregivers

This guest post comes from Scott, Kristen and Patrick offer their experienced advice on some ways that people can step up to help the caregivers in your life rest, recharge, and maybe even relax. They are part of the Embracing... Read more →

CBD: neuroprotectant, cardio-protectant and antioxidant

My blog posts on CBD are some of my most popular. They helped me organize my thoughts on CBD, but I also want to hear what physicians have to say. Thus, my guest post today. It answers some of my... Read more →

Get Set, Go! Travel Safety Tips for Baby Boomers

Senior Safety Reviews Blog shared their post Get Set, Go! Travel Safety Tips for Baby Boomers and it offers some thoughtful advice. I'd like to piggy-back on it and add my own safety suggestions for those who are trying to... Read more →

Recording Physician Encounters for Patient Safety

After writing some professional articles, I translate them here for patients and their family caregivers. It isn't that I don't think readers will understand what I've written. Instead, as I've so intimately learned, patients and physicians have different perspectives and... Read more →

Telehealth for Rehabilitation

Early in 2018, I wrote about my first experience as a patient with telehealth. I was finally receiving the kind of care I had promoted as an administrator for so long and it was a pure pleasure. I often hear... Read more →

Comfort at home; or in rehab

Earlier posts have covered my suggestions for items to make a healthcare facility or hospital stay a little more comfortable. My post today includes items that could also be used in the hospital, but are more likely to be appropriate... Read more →

Measles and Your Practice

This guest post comes straight from the Doctors Company and addresses the rising number of measles cases and the numerous patient safety issues created. New cases of measles (rubeola) continue to make national headlines. In 2018 and into 2019, hundreds... Read more →

A New Normal - Administrator to Patient & Beyond

Three years ago, I decided it was time to walk away from my healthcare career and find something new. I was no longer being challenged and the long daily commute was wearing on my aging body. It was a hard... Read more →

Celebrating 420 with CBD

Last year, I celebrated my first 420 with a gift guide. Since then, I've continued to learn and test CBD for a variety of symptoms. I've also received great feedback from others who have tried the products. This year I... Read more →

Medications and Dry Weather

My mom first learned I had drier skin than most during one of my newborn visits. Dry skin and use of lotions and moisturizers has been a part of everyday life for me. Growing up in the humid south was... Read more →

Eat Pray Love: The Spoonie Senior Version

A few years ago I listened to the audio book Eat Pray Love. It is the story of a woman who re-examines herself after a life change and goes in search of her new self. My hero, of course, plans... Read more →

An End to Upside Down Thinking

Early in my career I focused my mental energy on my goals, and opportunities seemed to appear when needed the most. I'm an optimist and also believe I must address challenges in order to control my destiny. The mind has... Read more →

Ghosting: Tips for when your doctor disappears

I recently learned about "ghosting patients" - a term used when patients find their physician (or other provider) has left a practice/clinic/medical group/hospital/etc and they don't know how to find them. This often happens due to some sort of separation... Read more →

Safety In Healthcare: Considerations for Consumers, Patients & Family Caregivers

Safety in healthcare has been around for a really long time. Florence Nightingale is sometimes referred to as "the mother of patient safety" because of her attention to healthcare design. In the 1800's, she advocated for improved ventilation and sanitary... Read more →