After working with seniors and their families in Indianapolis area assisted living and nursing homes I decided it was time to empower families with knowledge to make informed choices. I developed www.agingavenues.com as a portal of elder care information, community resources and a complete provider directory. Aging Avenues also helps families one on one when it's time to make a difficult...
Registered Nurse working as a consultant to the legal and insurance fields to assist injured and ill patients maximize their health while conserving resources. Our company provides Legal Nurse Consulting services, Life Care Planning, Medicare Set Aside allocations for workers compensation and liability cases as well as ergonomic training, case management, elder care consulting and much more....
Around the year 2000, my father, in his mid-80s, lost his eyesight. The remaining 3 years of his life were a lesson in watching and learning about the ravages of depression and loss on the elderly. Following his death, I scrambled up that steep learning curve of understanding and managing the care of my equally aged mother who has increasing dementia.
My blog perspective is this:...
Over the span of two decades, author, columnist, consultant and speaker Carol Bradley Bursack cared for a neighbor and six elderly family members. As a result of this experience, Bradley Bursack wrote "Minding Our Elders: Caregivers Share Their Personal Stories," a portable support group for caregivers.
"Minding Our Elders" is used as a college text for gerontology...
I have been taking care of my mother since May of 2005. I guess the best way to understand the reason for my blog is to go back and read one of my very first posts Judy’s Dementia. I am also here to be a voice for other caregivers and to help with research and support for anyone taking care of an elderly parent.
My goals are simple:
1) To share my mothers story with the world
2) To let...
I specialize in Family Medicine & Geriatrics. While the latter focuses on care of the elderly, the former encompasses the life cycle from cradle-to-grave and womb-to-tomb, regardless of sex or age.
But I practice medicine with a twist - I don't settle for good enough. How often do you hear that from your physician - "it's good enough". But good enough for what?
Sure, a...
During the past three decades, Marion Somers, Ph.D., (Doctor Marion) has provided care for more than 2,000 elderly clients while she owned and operated a thriving Geriatric Care Management practice. It is now Dr. Marion's goal to help caregivers everywhere by sharing her valuable insights and information.
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...
About Dr. Ellie Phillips
Professional Training
Dr. Ellie is a member of the American Dental Association, The New York State Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists. She is a graduate of Eastman Dental Center Rochester NY, with U.S. specialty qualifications in pediatric and general dentistry. Dr. Ellie has years of experience with geriatric dentistry, dentistry for the...
