by Teah Hopper | Jun 30, 2025 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
When meeting with a new client for our first nurse visit, he explains he has a list of things he wants to discuss. At the top of his list was his frustration in not being able to replace bits into the case where they belong. He described loss of feeling in his hands...
by Teah Hopper | Feb 26, 2025 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
One of our clients is in her mid to late nineties, living at home independently. I met her when she was in skilled nursing care because she had a heart arrhythmia that was causing passing out episodes. Last year around April, she wasn’t sleeping well, she was...
by Teah Hopper | Feb 26, 2025 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
I was recently thinking to myself, do I get paid to visit? Sometimes people ask me this question. The answer is no, not technically. But I believe that aging adults in this country are dying of loneliness, and that holds great weight with me. The other day, I...
by Teah Hopper | Feb 26, 2025 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
We had a client and she had ALS. When we started working with her, she was facing a decision whether she could stay at home or if she had to go to a facility. She wanted to stay at home and so we did. ALS is a degenerative disease, which means it’ll get...
by Teah Hopper | Feb 26, 2025 | Care Management
I had the blessings of taking one of our clients downtown. She was having just an okay kind of day. We’ve been working in her home for the last few weeks, and I decided to mix it up. I had this grand idea to go get some ice cream! She was very apprehensive...
by Janie Bailey | Nov 11, 2024 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
When you’re serving as a family caregiver, it can be incredibly overwhelming. You may be balancing a career, a family of your own and caring for a loved one. In these situations, it’s so important to take care of yourself. But coming up with self-care ideas for...
