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Creating Community
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

"Some experts worry that a long-standing shortage of palliative care professionals ― who focus on the physical pain and mental and spiritual distress caused by serious illness — could leave many COVID-19 patients in distress... 'There is already a shortage, which will only worsen as demand goes up because of [...]

Susan Troyer2020-07-05T17:56:22-05:00July 5th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Aging, Alzheimer's, Care partners, COVID-19, Dementia, End-of-Life, Global health watch, Health industry, Public health|Comments Off

Creating Community
As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

Harvard professor Dr. Arthur Kleinman asks, “How do we strengthen caregiving? How do we do those things that will make it recognized as important as it is? It’s going to take a radical rethinking. Our health care system is focused on entirely the wrong issues. Economics is not the most [...]

Susan Troyer2020-06-25T01:50:15-05:00June 25th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Aging, Alzheimer's caregiving, Dementia, Home Health Care, Long-Term Care, Navigating aging|Comments Off

A Sense of Place
This Disruptive Moment – Re-thinking Aging and Aging Services

“The senior living field has long been ripe for disruption. While the pandemic is causing incredible stress and suffering, it can also be a launch pad for change – to move beyond ‘what was’ to an exciting new future. Join Jill Vitale-Aussem as she talks with Bob Kramer, President and [...]

Susan Troyer2020-05-17T11:31:47-05:00May 11th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Aging services, Alzheimer's, Bob Kramer, COVID-19, Dementia, Disruptive, Dr. Bill Thomas, Dr. Vivek Murthy, EdenAlt.org, Free Online Education Focused on COVID-19 Outbreak, Jill Vitale-Aussem, Nexus Insights, The Eden Alternative, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, Transforming long-term care|Comments Off

Mindful Presence
How a Friend’s Discernment Led to Dad’s Hospice Experience

In 2003, we were many miles apart but still in touch – two decades after being colleagues in a Chicago-area hospital. Stephanie Mayercik, my “wise sage” during our employment years, possessed finely-tuned listening skills, common sense and abundant practical wisdom, a quick wit and sense of humor, and buoyant and [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:07:18-06:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Allied health, Caregiver, Caregiving, Chaplain, CNA, Dementia, Discernment, Hospice, Hospice team, Influencer, Leadership, Listening skills, Medicare regulations, Medicine, Mindful Presence, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Nursing, Palliative care, RN, Social worker, Stephanie Mayercik|0 Comments

Creating Community
Human Rights Violations of Elders With Dementia Led to Suffering and Death

I was simply stunned. This time, it hit close to home. My deceased father had been in a highly invisible group of people ... a group which, in many cultures, is revered and held in esteem. Writing this in a chaotic post-truth era, the words of the Acting White [...]

Creating Community
Amazon #1 Best Seller – Luminous and Scholarly

I learned about The Chalice and The Blade during a 1987 dinner meeting of Women in Management in Chicago's downtown chapter. The book is now considered a classic. It is an important historical review of the shaping of human culture, comparing two basic models of society – the dominator [...]

Susan Troyer2020-01-10T18:15:30-06:00January 5th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Amazon #1 Best Seller in Women's Studies History, Caregivers, Caregiving, Dementia, Dementia community, Dominator model, Dr. Riane Eisler, Influencer, JD, Medicine, Nursing, Partnership model, Pioneer, Researcher, Rights of women and children, The Center for Partnership Studies, The Chalice and The Blade, Women's summit|0 Comments

Dementia

Creating CommunityShortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

Creating CommunityAs His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

A Sense of PlaceThis Disruptive Moment – Re-thinking Aging and Aging Services

Mindful PresenceHow a Friend’s Discernment Led to Dad’s Hospice Experience

Creating CommunityHuman Rights Violations of Elders With Dementia Led to Suffering and Death

Creating CommunityAmazon #1 Best Seller – Luminous and Scholarly

Creating Community
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

Creating Community
As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

A Sense of Place
This Disruptive Moment – Re-thinking Aging and Aging Services

Mindful Presence
How a Friend’s Discernment Led to Dad’s Hospice Experience

Creating Community
Human Rights Violations of Elders With Dementia Led to Suffering and Death

Creating Community
Amazon #1 Best Seller – Luminous and Scholarly