Posted on Monday, April 20, 2015

What Is Your Biggest Health Care Pet Peeve?

While moving through the health care system, you have likely experienced some positive experiences and some not-so-positive ones. So, I’m curious. What is your biggest health care pet peeve?

Choose all that apply from the options below and leave a comment on this post with your answer(s). If you don’t see yours listed here, write it in the comments.

1. Long wait times in doctors’ offices

2. Time with doctor is rushed or too short

3. Health care practitioners don’t show enough empathy

4. Dealing with the insurance company

5. Having to get referrals

6. Prescription costs

7. Finding the right specialists (knowing where to go)

I will post this question on Facebook and share the compiled results. I’d love to know your pet peeves.

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Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Want To Make Your Loved One’s Room Feel Like Home?

When my dad moved into an assisted living facility, his desk was the one item which helped comfort him during the transition and made his new room feel like home. Despite being far too big for his room, the desk would not accommodate his wheelchair and so it was nearly unusable. But it was the desk at which he had written many sermons and consoled many people as a beloved pastor. So we made this piece of home fit. In this video, you will learn different ways to ease your loved one into an assisted living facility to help make that transition easier on everyone.

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Posted on Friday, February 20, 2015

Helpful Health Care Links: February 20, 2015

Our helpful health care links focus on two hot topics in health care this week– The federal government cracking down on nursing home report cards and a California hospital exposed to antibiotic resistant ‘superbug’. Both are worth your time. And, as always, if you ever come across a healthcare story that you think merits more attention, please send it our way!

Government To Grade Nursing Homes On Tougher Scale

Starting immediately, the federal government is making it harder for nursing homes to get top grades on a public report card, in part by increasing scrutiny of their use of anti-psychotic drugs and raising the bar on an array of quality measures.

‘Superbug’ Outbreak at California Hospital, More Than 160 Exposed

A potentially deadly “superbug” resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments.

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