by Teah Hopper | Sep 8, 2023 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
Making sure your aging loved ones are taken care of is always top of mind. But knowing how to set up and create a comprehensive senior care plan can quickly become overwhelming. In this guide we’ll walk you through the steps of crafting a successful care management...
by Teah Hopper | Sep 1, 2023 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
In a healthcare system driven by efficiency and high patient volumes, it can be challenging to receive personalized care and make informed decisions when caring for the elderly. Assumptive medicine, where medical professionals make decisions without fully...
by Teah Hopper | Jun 2, 2023 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
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...
by Ryan Hopper | Apr 21, 2023 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
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...
by Ryan Hopper | Apr 7, 2023 | Care Management, Geriatric Care
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...
by Ryan Hopper | Mar 24, 2023 | Geriatric Care, Uncategorized
There’s something about the way I practice now that allows for my life and a client’s life to be intertwined. For example, some of my clients now have a vested interest in my kids! I had a client who has since passed that my kids would make cards for...
