Getting the Best Care The Insider's Healthcare Podcast

Are you stressed, upset, and distracted worrying about your aging parent? Do they insist on living alone but you are not sure if it is safe? What should you do? How do you do it? This episode of Getting the Best Care The Insider's Healthcare Podcast will get you started on the right track.

As the 7th leading cause of death, diabetes can wreak havoc on the life of a diabetic and their family. The complications of high blood sugar affect every system in the body and can lead to high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, loss of eyesight, and devastating infections.

And yet, every day there seem to be new medications that diabetics can use to manage their blood sugar. How can this still be such a devastating illness even with all the research and advances in monitoring and in medicine? It is because diabetics continue to eat carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are practically poison to a diabetic.

Hear about a possible solution to maintaining a healthy blood sugar level that will not mean adding more medications!

Sometimes it is hard to have conversations when someone is near the end of their life. Illness may make it impossible, and that is a shame. But if uncertainty or embarrassment is holding you back please take the chance to ask, "Is there something you need to say? Someone you want to talk to? Any burden you need to lay down?"

You will be glad you took the chance.

Snoring can indicate a serious problem that can put the noisy sleeper at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and complications after even minor surgery.

The flu isn't pleasant for anyone, but it can be devastating for people over the age of 65, especially if they have medical problems. Listen to why it is vitally important to protect ourselves and others from this dangerous virus.

It is very important to know what you are agreeing to before you sign a consent form in the hospital. This episode gives examples of the process running off the rails for 2 patients.

We often hear people say, "I never want to be a burden to my family." And yet, many of these same people do not take the simple steps necessary to ensure that their loved ones will know what to do in a crisis. Listen to this short episode and learn how easy it is to get started. You can have your own healthcare power of attorney done in less than an hour-no lawyer needed!

Each chapter of life brings with it new challenges. Anyone who has taken home a newborn from the hospital can remember wanting advice as to how to navigate the strange new world of parenthood. There are endless books, magazines, and websites offering the latest in “how to parent.”

But as we age, and health concerns add up as well as concerns about losing autonomy and independence and we may not know where to turn for help. Here are some of the best resources I have found for people who are aging, and for those of us who are family care givers. 

Click Here for the blog post with the links. 

More than 800 people every day in this country break their hip. Approximately 160 of them will die in the year following the fracture. There are important things to know if you or a loved one suffers a broken hip. Listen to the episodes for important tips on how to avoid the most devastating complications.