Do You Know Your Numbers?
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action . Herbert Spencer Do you know your blood pressure? Pulse? Good and Bad Cholesterol? The meaning of saturated fat? And why is it important to your overall health to know these important numbers? On this episode of “Healing Ties” Dr. Sarah Koplow, PhD, RN assistant professor…
Read MoreSam Chalfant: Health Solutions With A Heart
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Rollo May Sam Chalfant is an independent insurance broker in Florida. Sam is also a former family caregiver, not once, not twice, but three times! Now Sam helps family caregivers and their caree’s, secure credible insurance through the Affordable Care Act. On this…
Read MoreCaregivers: When You Need A Lyft!
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire Have you seen a car driving down the street a featuring a pink mustache on the front of the hood, or maybe resting on the front of a windshield? Those pink mustaches would be your next LYFT, arriving to pick you up to take you…
Read MoreHaving The Talk: How To Make End Of Life Wishes Easier
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Having “The Talk” does not have to be hard or difficult, yet the talk does have to happen at some point in our lives. I’m not referring to the birds and the bees talk our parents have with us when…
Read MoreDiploma In Hand
I dedicate my MA degree in Communication and Leadership to TLO and pledge to continue to advocate for #Caregivers for as long as I live. #BOW
Read MoreDec. 3 in Chicago: 1st Annual National Caregiving Conference
The Whole Care Network and The Bow Tie Guy is excited to be part of the 1st Annual National Caregiving Conference Dec. 3 in Chicago: Denise Brown from Caregiving.com has been my mentor and friend since my partner Richard was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2011. Denise has helped many family caregivers through her website, Caregiving.com and…
Read MoreDementia Patients at Home: Care Taker’s Guide
The Purple Jacket welcomes back guest blogger Andrea Bell Dementia Patients at Home: Care Taker’s Guide According to the behaviorist perspective, the environment plays a key role in how people behave. The impact comes from the people as well the type of house or even inanimate objects that are placed there. Dementia is not a…
Read MoreGraduate: A Thesis Complete
Graduate: A Thesis complete! Leave your limiting self-doubts behind and go and grab the life you have always dreamed.
Read MoreConfessions Of A St. Louis Blues Fan
If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score? Vince Lombardi Last Monday, I had to take a mental health day from watching Blues hockey. Maybe I can blame Steve Yzermann , or Kirk McLean and yes…I know I can blame Holy Jumpin’ Roman Turak. And of course, Mike Keenan…
Read MoreEveryday: Live, Love, Laugh!
Live, Love and Laugh, not just on your birthday, but everyday! #Caregiving #LifeAfterCaregiving #Leadership #LGBTCaregiving
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