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...
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...
Gillian is a christian teacher who loves to read the word, pray and write articles about christian living, natural health, self improvement and caregiving. Her experience has come from six years of caregiving her mother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease but eventually passed away. She reminds herself daily that whether or not she has "witnessed" she is ...
Thirty years in the business of healthcare has provided me with a wide scope of experiences: from the staff nurse in ICU, to educator of ICU nurses to Case Management from data analyst to Director. Currently, I am employed by a health insurance company as an analyst. www.EZHealthCareOnline.com Throughout my years of practice, I have watched many people wander aimlessly through the health care...
Biography I am Dr. Hal Sommerschield. I have my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology from Michigan State University. I also have a BA degree from the University of Michigan, a B.D. degree from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and a M.A. degree from Michigan State University. I decided to become a psychologist after taking a high school class, which introduced me to Sigmund Freud's theories....
Greg Katz is the founder of Surviving Strong and Surviving Strong TV. Surviving Strong is an oasis for hope, perseverance, and devotion to your health and healing. As a psychotherapist and “Health Sherpa” I understand how chaotic life can be with a chronic or life-threatening illness. I know from personal and professional experience that physical, emotional and spiritual...
The last 6 years I've had 10 breast cancer surgeries & 8 rounds of chemo. My father died of cancer when I was 13, my late husband died of cancer when I was 37 & I'm a cancer survivor. Check out http://www.BreastCancerSisterhood.com a survivorship resource for families. My BRENDA'S BLOG, a Top 10 Breast Cancer Blog, has been called "Sex & the City" meets breast cancer. I...
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.
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...
