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...
by Judy Grumbly | Jun 29, 2018 | Health
Could You Be An Elder Orphan? In 2013 when I was working as an aging life care manager our business held a focus group comprised of aging adults who lived in our community. We wanted to learn what their most pressing concerns were. The number one fear was “how am I...
