From Susanne White, owner of Caregiver Warrior, we’re thankful for her kind endorsement of The Stemwinder! BLURB HERE Caregiver Warrior is a comprehensive website devoted to Caregiving and the extraordinary journey of the Caregiver, featuring guidance on healthcare management, emotional support, dementia care, and more.
As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core Judith Graham December 5, 2019 Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and emotionally, often beyond what they might have thought possible. Dr. Arthur Kleinman, a professor of psychiatry and anthropology at Harvard University, calls this “enduring the
The Hottest Career Trend of the Decade: Aging Life Care™ ManagementJullie Gray, MSW, LICSW, CMC & Lisa Mayfield, MA LMHC, CMC, GMHS One of the hottest career trends in the next decade isn’t found in the tech sector, it can’t be outsourced overseas or automated, and it offers endless possibilities for advancement and
Author Interview: Part II Denise discusses Irene, the centerpiece of The Stemwinder, establishing boundaries with clients, and how taking the leap to publish her story was a rebirth. Irene’s story starts off with a near-fatal car accident. What was the initial prognosis after she came out of emergency surgery? DV: No one
Author Interview: Part I Denise reflects on her debut memoir, The Stemwinder: Stories of a Faithful Care Manager. She discusses the writing process, why the general public still remains largely unaware of what care managers do, and the inspiration behind her work. Going into this project did you know what you wanted
Here’s the first official write-up from the non-fiction book reviewer world: SMS Nonfiction Book Reviews The Stemwinder
From The Learning Corp: Critical statistics on the percentage of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Over one million Americans are living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), with 60,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Many people do not realize that Parkinson’s is the second most common degenerative neurological disorder after Alzheimer’s disease… Read the full article
From Chapter 10 — The Stemwinder: Stories of a Faithful Care Manager Elder Orphans After Bella’s husband died, she was living in their Florida home by herself. Most of her friends were deceased and she really didn’t have anyone (with the exception of her sister-in-law who was her POA at the time). Everyone
The Stemwinder: Stories of a Faithful Care Manager Chapter 10: The Gentle Soul Why? Why a book? I’ve gone back, forth, and back again. Sat on the fence of indecision only to be stirred into motion by emotion. Screw it. Why not? I get to tell 3 wonderful stories about 3 wonderful people who
Very excited to share an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Stemwinder: Stories of a Faithful Care Manager. Chapter 2: Dark Swells Along this journey I’ve encountered situations where I unwittingly entered the orbit of some malevolence, like a moth navigating darkness that gets snagged in a hidden spider web. The occasions have been
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