A Few Things You Can Do to Make a Hospital Stay Easier for you and your loved one A visit to the hospital is rarely planned and almost never ideal. The patient is typically not in a good place, and navigating the healthcare system can be confusing and overwhelming for...

Dealing With Role Reversals One of the things that makes caring for a loved one so hard is suddenly wearing multiple hats. You may quickly find yourself in dual roles - wearing the hat of daughter or son as well as caregiver to your parents. You may also find yourself...

Meet Janie Bailey Janie is one of our co-founders and a Care Navigator who is very passionate about taking care of older adults and helping guide them through the aging process. Janie has worked in healthcare, mental health, and the community. She’s witnessed the...

Learn what sets us apart from traditional healthcare. Determining whether your loved one needs support can be a challenge, and not something you should tackle alone. We're here to help ensure you ask the right questions, and take the next best step for your loved one...

What Makes Navigate Wellness Different? It's no secret that there's a lot of options out there when it comes to your healthcare. It's very easy to become overwhelmed with all of the choices. There's so many things to consider, especially when you're put in a place to...

Tips to Help Decide What's Best for Your Loved One One of the most frequent questions we get asked is 'how do I know when it's time for my loved one to go into senior living?' Unfortunately, this is not an easy question to answer and our emotions can often cloud our...

Age in Place or Time to Move: How Do You Know? Age in place or make a move? How do you know? This is a difficult topic, especially considering all the factors of your situation.  Having the “final move” conversation can be very difficult, awkward and painful. ...

Basic Self Care Tips for Caregivers These days “basic” is kind of a buzzword. We’re here to tell you about our philosophies on life, care management, coaching and just being a human which … are pretty basic. We are huge advocates for practicing (and preaching)...

How to Age Well At Navigate Wellness, our mission is to help you age well and live your fullest life. But what does that mean and how do you actually do that?  In over the decade of experience we have spent working with aging adults, we have come to notice...