by Susan Severino | Sep 9, 2019 | Aging, Dementia, Falls, Health and Wellness
Imagine your 83-year-old mother who lives alone falls at home and is taken to the emergency room. She has multiple bruises, but no apparent broken bones. Despite the x-ray findings, she can’t safely walk on her own and going home alone seems to be out of the question....
by Susan Severino | Jul 31, 2019 | Aging, Care Giving, Health Advocate, Health and Wellness
How To Speak To Your Doctor For More Than 12 Minutes When we’re really sick, sometimes 15 minutes in the doctor’s office just doesn’t feel like enough time to truly explore the root of a problem. A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that doctors did not...
by Susan Severino | Jul 12, 2019 | Aging, Dementia, End of Life, Falls, Health and Wellness
As a health advocate, I work with many senior clients who have complex medical conditions. One of the biggest struggles their caregivers have is when to make the switch from curative treatment to comfort measures. It’s been my experience that the medical...
by Susan Severino | Jul 4, 2019 | Aging, Care Giving, Family, Health Advocate
Want to know why I love being a health advocate? My passion to help others began years ago and throughout my career as a nurse and physician assistant. Then, caring for my aging parents presented the opportunity to help advocate for them. About five years ago, my mom...
by Severino Health Advisors | Feb 5, 2019 | Aging, Care Giving
As a Health Advocate, I often have clients confide in me about the stress they are going through as they take care of their aging parents. Discussions focus on the struggles they experience as they try to still work, take care of their family, and spend time as a...
by Severino Health Advisors | Jan 21, 2019 | Aging, Health Advocate
For the last 12 years, I’ve been a caregiver to my aging parents. First, for my dad when he was diagnosed with cancer, and later for my mom when she started developing cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer’s. Can you believe that there are over 34 million unpaid...
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