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Does Your Surgeon Tweet?
In the short amount of time that our blog, Senior Help Forum, has been live (a little over a year and a half), I have seen incredible advancements in the tools that the healthcare industry is developing and offering to the general public. They are even embracing social media and mobile technology. In January of 2009, Henry [...]
An Invaluable Return for Sharing Your Patient Data
A colleague of mine called this moving, moving video to my attention. Click here to view. In the video, Jamie Heywood shares the story of how when his brother Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, he and Stephen began capturing data on a variety of topics related to his experience (e.g., medications, dosages, efficacy, impact on health, etc.) [...]
How to Put Your Old Eyeglasses to Good Use
When cleaning out my Dad’s desk drawers a few years back, I found several pairs of old eyeglasses. Most were still in great shape – – some a little “dated” but the lenses were in good condition. I donated them to a couple of really good causes. OneSight: OneSight is “a family of charitable vision [...]
Hints for Auctioning off a Loved One’s Belongings
My friend Linda Wakefield recently lost her father. After his death, Linda was left with the task of cleaning out his home and finding new homes for he and her mother’s belongings. Her parents had collected a great deal of memorabilia throughout their married life so Linda chose to solicit the help of an auction house. [...]
Two Great Sites For Sharing Info on the Condition of a Loved One
On August 31, 2009, I posted information on a website called CarePages. CarePages is a fantastic resource for: patients and their families to keep loved ones up to date on a patient’s progress loved ones to send a patient messages of encouragement This morning, Richard Liechty, a co-worker, shared a similar site with me called [...]
iPhone App Saves Life in Haiti
On July 7, 2009, we posted an article on the benefits of the American Heart Association’s iPhone Application. At the time we knew that it was just a matter of time before we heard about it saving lives. Well, an incredibly heartwarming story has come out of all of the heartbreak in Haiti. According to a NBC News Today [...]
An Easier Way to Capture Information in Critical Appointments….
Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. — Thomas A. Edison I am currently singing the praises of the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen. I have been using it for a couple of weeks now. It ranks right up there with my iPhone, mino HD [...]
The Benefits of a Transport Chair
When my mother first began to need a wheelchair, I was more than a little frustrated! Prior to being released from the nursing home, she was issued a standard medicare funded wheelchair. Once I got her into my car (not an easy task), I took the wheelchair around to the back of my car and [...]
A Tree of Her Own: Hints for Assisted Living
krisdecurtis on Flickr My mother has been in assisted living for the past few years. Keeping her place homey and safe without appearing cluttered has been a challenge. The facility she lives in is beautiful and they do a lovely job decorating for the holidays. However, it just wouldn’t be Christmas for my Mom if [...]
Medicare 101
For our local followers, the Community House of Birmingham, Michigan is offering a complimentary presentation on the ins and outs of Medicare at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27th. Below you will find the official course overview….. Are the changes in Medicare causing you confusion? Are you navigating through the Medicare process or are you [...]