GREAT NEWS! While I am working on getting certified to support patients and care partners, I have spots open for free 50-minute consultations. Choose from a couple of types of single sessions or a series of check-ins.
Everyone can benefit from having a Family Emergency Plan. Join Beth every 4th Friday at 1:00 pm (Pacific Time) for this 30 minute workshop to learn how to get started.
Join Beth every 3rd Friday (10:15 am Pacific) for a brief conversation about some of our biggest hurdles when navigating healthcare systems in Canada.
Free Introductory Course
Take this course online with no sign-up required. Work through 12 short lessons in 4 modules:
- Working with Your Healthcare Team in a Siloed System
- Developing Your Support Networks
- Self-Care
- Getting Your Legal and Financial Poop In a Group
The 6 Stages of Caregiving
While everyone’s experiences are individual, there are similarities in the kinds of support you may find helpful in the different stages.
Each stage has a different focus. For example, you may need more information and resources at the earlier stages as you head into a steep learning-curve.
This assessment can be helpful for patients as well as care partners.
The ‘New Work’ of Patients & Care Partners
Managing complex chronic health conditions requires ‘new work’ from patients and care partners. It’s work that we are often not told about.
How Healthcare Systems in Canada Work
Healthcare systems in Canada are ‘siloed’. Patients are the only ones carrying our story – and often our information – with us.
How to Be Your Own Patient Navigator
The Patient Navigator helps patients and family care partners to better understand and navigating their own healthcare situation.
About Beth & Navigating Healthcare
With NavigatingHealthcare.ca, I am using my background in microbiology, science teaching and our own system navigation to help other patients and families avoid some of the pitfalls we encountered.
Latest Blog Posts
- The 6 Stages of Caregiving: Where Do You Fit?
While this is meant for care partners – please don’t hesitate to check out the 6 stages as a patient because much of this applies to phases of being a patient with a complex and/or chronic illness. I can help… The 6 Stages of Caregiving: Where Do You Fit? - 5 Ways to Access Free Patient and Care Partner ConsultingI am part of a training program that certifies care partners to support (patients and) other care partners. As part of the training I am offering a number of free patient and care partner consulting and support sessions over the… 5 Ways to Access Free Patient and Care Partner Consulting
- COVID Protection Policy For Healthcare AppointmentsWe are very conscious about COVID in my household. We have a ‘COVID Protection Policy’ on my husband’s website to let clients know the protections he’s taking and why (TonyDuke.ca/covid-protection-policy). I’ve adapted our procedures for more general use and geared… COVID Protection Policy For Healthcare Appointments
