Sue Wallace, CSA

Dementia Care – Personal instructions

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.

Emergency Hospital Visit – You don’t know what you don’t know!

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...

10 Tips about Emergency Room or Hospital Stays

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...

What is a Plan of Care for Seniors?

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...

Help for those with Hoarding Disorder

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...

What Are The Symptoms of Hoarding Disorder

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...

When Hoarding Gets out of Hand, There’s Help

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...

Identity Theft and Seniors

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...

Who’s in control of YOUR life?

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...

Isn’t It Time You “Paid It Forward” Or Performed A “Random Act Of Kindness”

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...

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