by Sue Wallace, CSA | Jun 17, 2023 | Senior Moments
This should be hung in every dementia care home and in hospitals where there are patients with dementia.
- If I get dementia, I want my friends and family to embrace my reality.
- If I think my spouse is still alive, or if I think we’re visiting my parents for dinner, let me believe those things. I’ll be much happier for it.
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by Sue Wallace, CSA | May 26, 2023 | Senior Moments
In the fall of 2022, I had an emergency admission to the hospital. During this hospital stay, I was not an Independent Patient Advocate, but a PATIENT. As an advocate and someone who has spent the last thirty years or so in the healthcare industry, I knew what should...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | May 25, 2023 | Senior Moments
Arrange to have family, a friend, or an independent advocate to accompany you when you are in an emergency room or admitted to a hospital. This arrangement needs to be made in advance of a need. If an ambulance is needed, ask the emergency medical technicians to...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | May 25, 2021 | Senior Moments
A Plan of Care begins when someone reaches out to a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA). The CSA will gather personal information about the client and their family or support team member. Then the CSA, in most instances, will schedule a site visit. During this visit, the...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | May 19, 2021 | Senior Moments
Hoarding disorder is a far more common illness than previously thought, and the effects can be devastating. More than compulsive shopping, hoarding disorder or syndrome causes people to surround themselves with unreasonable amounts of personal material and goods. But...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | Jun 20, 2017 | Senior Moments
Hoarding Syndrome, and the symptoms of hoarding disorder, affects some 1 in 50 people in the US alone. It is categorized as an anxiety disorder and in many cases requires treatment from a psychiatrist. It can also be mild and cause very little interference with their...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | Feb 28, 2017 | Senior Moments
Hoarding is a pattern of behavior that is characterized by compulsive purchasing, acquiring, searching, and saving items. a person with a hoarding disorder may have persistent difficulty parting with possessions. “Hoarding” is now considered a form of...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | Jul 23, 2014 | Senior Moments
Identity Theft and Seniors – It’s not a matter of “If” but “When” I want to share with you a couple of recent experiences that happened to me all in one week, 1) Attempts to steal my identity, and 2) Suspected fraud in my personal...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | Jan 21, 2014 | Senior Moments
I think January is a good time to think about new beginnings. I, personally, gave up making resolutions several years ago because making them seemed to set me up for failure. Instead, I try to approach each day attempting to do something better than I did the day...
by Sue Wallace, CSA | Dec 13, 2013 | Senior Moments
To me, paying it forward or participating in a random act of kindness is doing something, either big or small, for another person without their knowledge of who performed the good deed. Any random act of kindness can cause a positive ripple effect restoring our faith...
