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 support you through the stages and this could also include helping you find appropriate additional… The 6 Stages of Caregiving: Where Do You Fit?
What do you want to know about navigating healthcare? There’s certainly a massive learning curve when you are trying to navigate a health issue. Patients and care partners have an increasing amount of ‘New Work‘ that we are responsible for. The difficult truth is that sometimes you just can’t easily access the care you need… What Do You Want to Know About Navigating Healthcare?
Let the bells ring out, and the banners fly! The ‘Learning the Ropes’ online course wins an award from ‘The Caregiving Years Training Academy‘. The other programs that will have been honoured are: LEARN-Lifelong Education & Aging Resource Network (https://learnidaho.org/channels/) , and Kathy Murri for a special Grief Program award (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuEA6-y8sD0). Three caring leaders have… ‘Learning the Ropes’ Course Wins An Award!
What is a Patient Navigator? The Patient Navigator helps patients and care partners better understand and navigate our own healthcare situation, to improve our health ‘outcome’. This includes understanding your health issue, and how the system functions so you can more smoothly navigate our healthcare systems. Important note: Given the current state of healthcare systems,… How To Be Your Own Patient Navigator
Or don’t. Healthcare Systems in Canada Are Siloed We think of healthcare in Canada as one system. But it isn’t. Healthcare is organized at the provincial level in Canada, but even provincially there isn’t one system. At all levels of healthcare there are many separate systems disguised as one system. Sometimes they communicate among themselves.… How Healthcare Systems in Canada Work