Kathleen O’Connor, author, consultant, industry analyst and columnist, has over 30 years experience in various sectors of the healthcare industry. She has been a bureaucrat, an entrepreneur, the Medicare marketing and sales executive for a for-profit HMO, and a non-profit executive. Her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees are in Japanese and Comparative Governments, so she speaks...
I am an attorney who was brought into the field of patient empowerment through no fault of my own. I have been a patient and was the care-giver for my ill, elderly dad until he died in January 2010.
My dad's death was not necessary. His autopsy revealed that his own Duke physicians ignored infections and made my dad suffer needlessly. Then those same Duke...
I'm a daughter/care-giver for my Mom, a Stroke survivor. Working and learning everything I can about Aphasis therapies for Broca Aphasia. Sharing the daily care brings new challenges in balancing caring, coaching,while inspiring hope, strenght and humor to accept the things I can not change. Accepting the tasks to as teacher brings me here now.
Hi, my name is Liz. I am a Special Ed. teacher in Texas. I previously taught 5th grade Math for a lot of years and just two years ago was offered a job of working with students who have special needs. My mother was severely bipolar all of my life starting when I was 18 months old. I was her primary care-giver for much of those years. After her death, almost five years ago, I thought at...
I am a Father of 3 and have a loving supportive wife, who is a great care giver for the nasty Thing called Lyme disease.
I am a multiple business owner, at least i was while i was healthy now I try and maintain 1 to keep from sitting around all day.
I am now venturing into the internet more and createing websites to help people with lyme and help myself as...
After spending the past 20 years as an owner and operator of assisted living communities, I have turned my energies to a new focus: support, resources and training for all senior care providers. Families, caregivers and managers are each an important part of the network of caring for seniors. Someday we'll all be old, and that makes the training and support for today's caregivers personal -...
I started this blog so I can do something for myself after taking care of my father for almost 4 years until he died. With many year of being inactive in the food industry, creating this blog is my way to promote myself and to reach more to other people. With my training in culinary arts and holistic nutrition as well as being my late-father's primary caregiver and personal cook, I can share to...
At the age of eighteen, I took on the role of primary caregiver for my mother who had breast cancer, as well as BC mets in her spine. After her passing, I created All Things Caregiver as a platform to share helpful tips and knowledge about caregiving that I learned along the way. It is my intention to help others who find themselves in the caregiving role.
