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One of my clients had some difficulties with walking, specifically her feet. I noticed that every time I visited her, she had different shoes on.  On our next visit I told her that we were going to take a trip to the shoe store. She was very much against leaving...

One of our clients went into the hospital for an outpatient procedure. We were aware this was happening and offered to come alongside them as part of our Hospital to Home service. This means we were fully prepared to show up to the hospital with our patient to help...

In our work, we often end up working with and caring for married couples. Most elderly married couples we work with act like a unit. We notice that they learn from each other quite a bit. At times, one leans on the other a little bit more than the other does. We’ve...

She knew the road she chose would be hard and she wanted me by her side for it.  She was my client for five years. We had many talks over the years; about life, hobbies, family, marriage, babies, funny memories, hard moments, favorite recipes, people we liked and...

There’s a gentleman who has an indwelling catheter that we provide care for. One night his catheter was clogged. When this happened, he decided to call me. He couldn’t have called a home health care agency since this happened after hours. But I was able to answer, and...

During my first few months working with Navigate, I’ve been able to reflect on moving from working at a hospital to caring for people in their homes. Since I’ve made this transition, there have been a couple of instances recently that have really made me realize just...

We’re on a mission to help older adults age well and support their loved ones in the process. We recently shared a content series, educating about death, its processes, and how we offer support during this time. Here’s the recap of our series! Death is Not The Enemy...

I was sitting with a client who lives with dementia one day in her room. She is already to the stage where language is hard for her, so a lot of our communication is non-verbal; touch, eye contact, head nods, smiles.  I was pointing out some things in her room...

I meet with one of my clients and his wife twice a week every week. Sometimes we talk about the Chiefs, sometimes we talk about completely random things. Something that he didn’t love talking about first, but is okay talking about now, is death. No one ever loves when...

I have a patient who was getting multiple lumbar punctures and over time, they discovered through scans that he had a small collection of fluid in his cranial space. These scans were all completed before we worked together so I unfortunately didn’t have access to the...

Nothing better communicates our services than sharing real life stories of working with our clients There is no shortage of unique and strange skills I have developed in my years of working with older adults. Like, did you know there is a USPS Protocol on shipping...

This is Just One Way We Humanize Healthcare Nothing better communicates our services than sharing real life stories of working with our clients I got a call that an aging adult had recently moved to independent living, and quickly it became apparent she had no social...

Nothing better communicates our services than sharing real life stories of working with our clients I spend my Monday’s catching up with one of our clients with short term memory issues. We take drives together on his golf cart, say hi to the neighbors, and hear...