Advocacy Category
Caregiving Advocacy – Education for caregivers who may be unfamiliar with aspects of caregiving and healthcare promotes advocacy. Caregivers and those needing care often feel vulnerable to organizations or systems of which they have little knowledge. This vulnerability places caregivers, those needing care and their families at risk of receiving substandard care or of making poor decisions due to lack of information. Make sure you and your loved one receive care that’s beneficial and needed.
Articles On The Website Library
Check out articles by Pamela written especially for family caregivers. Below this section are articles in the FREE Family Membership Library where new articles are added each month. Membership is free, scroll down to review the information and subscribe today.
Programs Offered by Caregiving Experts Improve Caregiver Confidence and the Ability to Manage Daily Challenges and Care Needs
Caregiving support programs offered by caregiving advocates and experts are valuable and deliver results. Improved confidence in the ability to manage daily challenges and care needs occurs. Lower stress and anxiety result. Freedom from feeling that caregivers and care receivers run from one cr...
The Patient Experience and Being an Educated Patient
The Patient Experience and Patient Education In this video, Pamela D. Wilson, caregiving expert talks about the challenge of health care providers avoiding uncomfortable discussions. The burden is on adults and caregivers to learn to ask the right questions. While no one wants "bad news," the...
Caregiving Advocacy: Becoming The Squeaky Wheel
Advocating for an aging loved one is a learned skill. Family caregivers have a responsibility to an aging parent or loved one to be proactive about care needs. If you are the medical or financial power of attorney you have a legal responsibility to act. This legal responsibility to act sometime...
The Helpful Neighbor: How Did I Get Involved?
I recently received a telephone call from the housekeeper of an elderly woman named Shirley who was concerned that her client was alone and had serious health concerns. She called, frantic because Shirley was starving herself. The housekeeper reported that Shirley told her that she wanted to ...
To Read Articles in the FREE Family Membership Library
The special articles below are for website visitors who join the free family membership library. These articles are located on Pamela’s membership website. Members receive notice of new articles that are added each month and have access to other special programs that Pamela offers. Membership is free, subscribe today.
Caregiving Battles: Sibling Relationships
By Pamela D Wilson MS, BS/BA, CSA, NCGHow many of you, when young, vied for the attention of your parents? How many of you today, feel that your parents have “favorites” among their children. These early differences between children and perceptions of parental favorites carry on in later ...
Elizabeth Hughes and The Story of Insulin
Interview With Thea Cooper, Author and Historian (podcast 11:12 playing time) Click play below to listen. ...
Medications and the Mature Adult
Many adults I work with complain about the quantity of medications their physicians prescribe. Admittedly, many take five to ten different medications on any given day. Many previously healthy individuals now diagnosed with a chronic disease requiring medications say they do not want to t...