by Judy Grumbly | Dec 29, 2018 | Health
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT WITH THE DOCTOR It used to be when you went to the doctor, the rule of thumb was “the doctor knows best.” You, the patient relied on the doctor to make all the...
by Judy Grumbly | Nov 30, 2018 | Health
PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT—NEW BLOOD PRESSURE GUIDELINES Have you been to your doctor’s recently and been surprised when the doctor announced that you had high blood pressure? Not to worry, you have not changed, just the guidelines for the definition of high...
by Judy Grumbly | Sep 26, 2018 | Health, Resources, Uncategorized
LIVING WITH DEMENTIA “I’m Still Myself” “Here is what I wish someone had told me about three weeks after I was diagnosed. Dementia is not a death sentence. It is a wakeup call to live your life, today and every day for the rest of your life as fully as...
by Judy Grumbly | Aug 15, 2018 | Health
Navigating the Medical Maze or “ A Week in the Life of a Care Manager” The other day I received an urgent call from a woman whose husband had just been discharged from a local hospital to a nearby nursing home. She was confronted with a painful dilemma—she needed to...
by Judy Grumbly | Jul 15, 2018 | Home
Home Care Quiz—Test Your Knowledge It has been my experience as a former visiting nurse and now aging life care manager, that families get confused by the terms home care, home health care, non-skilled and skilled care. It is easy to do–the terms are frequently...
