• Patient Advocacy & The Co-Creation Experience

    A happy, healthy wish to everyone from 1 Day 1 Week! It’s been weeks since the last post, which was intentional considering folks were busy with the holidays and I took some overdue self-care. Now it’s time to gear up for a great 2022, bringing you many more podcasts and articles about caregiving and patient advocacy! As we step into the new year, our YouTube channel Caregiving Insights is off to a great start! I’m excited to have just posted Episode #4: Patient Advocacy & The Co-Creation Experience. In this episode, I have an insightful conversation with Dr. Valerie Williams-Sanchez. Valerie and I worked together 25 years ago for a company named Medical Data International and we’ve had extensive conversations over the years about patient…

  • Perspectives on Caregiving & Patient Advocacy: A Podcast

    There are so many things to consider regarding caregiving and patient advocacy! Whether you are already in one or both of these roles, or you may be in the future (to whatever extent), this episode provides important insight. This is Episode #2 on our new YouTube channel, Caregiving Insights. I explore these topics from various angles with Cori Kasten, Founder/CEO of Platinum Select Nursing in South Florida. For the past 14 years, Cori has built a successful business born out of genuine caring for her clients and passion for doing things the right way, all starting with one client who believed in her ability to change the world. In the first half of this episode, we discuss topics such as in-home care, healthcare technology, and…

  • Our New Podcast Has Launched

    NOVEMBER 12, 2021 Yay!! After lots of planning, the new podcast has officially launched! Caregiving Insights will be an ongoing podcast series, bringing you different perspectives on a wide array of interesting topics. Our guests will include thought leaders from healthcare, business, and nonprofits, as well as caregivers, patient advocates, patients, and others. Each will share unique insights from their vantage points — about caregiving, patient advocacy, and life. As with our blog, the podcast is intended to: to provide greater understanding about caregiving and patient advocacy. to effect change in the U.S. and around the globe through helping to build bridges within families and communities. to help the movement for economic changes in support of the millions of people who take on the roles…

  • Kidneys and Lungs and Heart, Oh My!

    Well, after a soft launch of 1 Day 1 Week this past Monday (August 30) to a network of friends, some future topics that were requested included: Denial vs. Dealing, Handling the Unknowns, Self-Care, and Caregiver & Patient Conflicting Beliefs / Wishes. Those are among countless topics to write about as standalone blog posts and/or be interwoven into my overall blogging journey! For today, I’m going to focus on Kidneys and Lungs and Heart, Oh My! Did you catch the play on words from the Wizard of Oz? Whether you did or didn’t, it’s from the book/movie’s famous line “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!” that Dorothy said as she, the Tin Man and Scarecrow entered the dark, creepy forest. The correlation to being…