On November 24, 2023, I will remember 9 years of being a cancer patient. I am grateful that I am here! But rest assured, there is not a day that goes by that I forget I am a cancer patient. I often wonder if people with other chronic medical conditions are so acutely...
November is National Caregivers Month. So, in this post, I celebrate caregivers. If you are a caregiver, thank you for all you do. The call to be a caregiver can come at any age. Stats show us that most caregivers are adults, and most are women, but children and men...
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop by Hanger Clinic on Upper Extremity Limb Loss. The workshop discussed the advances in prosthetics that are helping people with upper-body limb loss get back to work and their lives. I was asked to...
At a meeting I attended a few weeks ago, Nancy Skinner shared a new program she was delivering. The title, Does Your Mother Know What You Do? This is a common question in case management circles because we can’t understand why no one recognizes our work. Not...
This week is officially designated National Case Management Week by the Case Management Society of America, the American Case Management Association, and the Commission for Case Management Certification. So keep Calm and Call the Case Manager! Case Management Week is...