Health Care Providers

  Does your doctor see you as a difficult patient? Are you a stressed-out caregiver or an adult who refuses or questions recommendations and treatment? Or are you a healthcare professional who knows enough that you want to direct your care instead of agreeing to every recommendation made by ...

  What is the role of patients specific to healthcare prevention and education to avoid returning to the hospital after being sent home? This is a question few ask. Instead, hospitals are financially penalized for elderly who return within 30 days for certain medical conditions. The Affordable...

“About 15 to 20 percent of all diagnoses are missed or flat-out incorrect,” according to Lori Parch in an article titled Danger at Your Doctor’s Office. (1)  Today, more than ever, it is important to understand the details, manage and advocate for medical care. This is especially relevan...

What is the patient experience in healthcare? Who better to answer this question than patients? However, if you Google the questions, “what do patients think about patient experience?” or “what do healthcare workers think about the patient experience?” guess what? Nothing results from t...

Using electronic health records can help reduce hospital readmissions and improve care with primary care and other physician specialists. Due to the Affordable Care Act, hospital committees and related programs are widespread with staff diligently working to reduce re-hospitalization rates of o...

Making effective use of time at medical appointments is the way to get good care. Use this checklist of tips to plan your next doctor appointment. With age, the body typically experiences one or more chronic diseases that benefit from medical oversight and attending regular medical appointments...

Interview with Dr. Kristi Dyer, Medical Advisory Board for the Medical Wellness Association (podcast  12:10 playing time) Learn about the medical profession as lifesavers in this interview with Dr. Kristi Dyer and Pamela D Wilson on The Caring Generation podcasts. Click the Play button below t...

Interview with Dr. Naomi Rogers , Associate Professor of History and Medicine, Yale University- The History of Polio (podcast 11:41 playing time) Learn about the history of polio in this interview with Dr. Naomi Rogers on The Caring Generation podcasts with host Pamela D Wilson. Click the Play ...

Interview with Dr. Joseph Andrade, Professor Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah (podcast 10:11 playing time ) Learn about the history of dialysis in this interview with Dr. Joseph Andrade and Pamela D Wilson on The Caring Generation podcasts. Click the Play button below to listen:...

The gap between hospital care and your private physician. Why self-advocacy and follow through is critical to your health. Health Care Providers ...

  Caregiving is an attitude. The role can be a blessing or a curse. Your attitude determines your mindset and how well you perform. “Ability is what you are capable of doing.  Motivation determines what you do.  Attitude determines how well you do it.”  This is a quote from Lou Holtz f...

Deaths resulting from medical errors and a failure to follow procedures occur. How do you protect your loved one from becoming a fatality? ...

  Do you ever imagine what your doctor would say to you if he or she could?  What if you heard, “I think you should find a new doctor.  I feel dread each time I see you on my appointment list”. You might be surprised to learn that “doctors consider 15 to 25% of their patient encounters...

Why ending long term relationships with family doctors is necessary when aging occurs and health conditions increase. ...

    A geriatrician is a doctor for older adults like a pediatrician is a doctor for children.  People see geriatricians for two main reasons, the first is that they do not want to “get old”, and the second is because became “got old”.  Geriatricians are physicians that specialize i...

  Is living to 100 and being healthy possible? Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to learn how individuals living well into their nineties and hundreds have achieved this great feat.  As some of you know, I produce and host a podcast called The Caring Generation®. Through this p...

There is discussion in health care circles about “quality metrics”, for example standards that must be met by physicians in order to ensure certain levels of patient care and in return that ensure certain levels of physician reimbursement.  Many states also have pay for performance program...

In a study recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society*1, older adults receiving assistance with activities of daily living had lower rates of acute hospitalizations versus those not receiving assistance.  The article states that nearly 30% of adults age 75 and older h...