A Cry for a Professional Healthcare Advocate My work as a Professional Advocate is often guided by a single phrase in a story I read about healthcare service delivery. Within…
Good Gifts For The Elderly
Gift Certificates and Home Audits are often a holiday focus for seniors and their families. It’s been a busy couple of weeks! Now that we’ve explored Gifts for Seniors: our…
Changing Holiday Traditions
This time of year we may find ourselves among folks who are experiencing pain or are in transition, perhaps due to the death of a loved one. We know those…
Gifts for Seniors: How NAVIGATE NC Serves Seniors and Their Families in NC
Gift Certificates and Home Audits are often a holiday focus for seniors and their families. It’s been a busy couple of weeks! Now that we’ve explored Gifts for Seniors: our…
Adult Children of Aging Parents: Seasonal Conversations
The Adult Children of aging parents are in action. It’s TWEEN TIME. “Tween Time” designates the time between Thanksgiving and any other holidays families observe. And observe they do. They…
Holiday Gift Guide: Appropriate Your Gift of Service
Welcome to Part Three of our series: Gifts of Time, Purpose, and Service. Many times with our busy schedules or the geographic distance between us, we may be hard pressed…
Holiday Gift Guide: Consummate Your Gift of Purpose
Consummate Your Gift of Purpose For those who enjoy giving tangible items this list is for you! Make sure your purpose is in concert with the message the gift sends.…
Holiday Gift Guide: A Gift of Time
Gifts for Seniors: Designate Your Gift of Time Holiday gift-giving for senior friends and relatives can be challenging. There may be special considerations due to a health issue or living…
Postulate: A Caregiver’s Approach to Dealing With Stress During the Holidays
I have a good friend who embodies the familiar phrase “I call ‘em as I see ’em.” Not curmudgeon exactly, and not to the point of being an “Eeyore,” she is…
Adult Children of Aging Parents: Your Job Is To Talk
How Adult Children of Aging Parents can turn thought into action – Begin the talk. You know the feeling. The one you get when you hear or read something that simply…