by Debbie Pearson | Aug 15, 2017 | Age Your Way, Aging, Health Care, The Blue Print to Age Your Way
People are being medically treated as though they exist in a vault. Care is delivered for that moment in time only. I call this: silos of care. Silos apply to both locations where care is delivered and the specialties of care. Although much of your time is spent...
by Debbie Pearson | Aug 8, 2017 | Age Your Way, Health Care
Yep! That’s the solution. Whatever ails you is fixable by a pill. This assumption is confirmed repeatedly on television, in print, on social media, among friends and family, and in your doctor’s office. Many patients I work with are taking thirty or forty pills a day,...
by Debbie Pearson | Jul 20, 2017 | Aging, Health Care, Life's Lessons
I loved the below article! If you truly think about it the advice about aging is so true. As we age that stubbornness as a child returns and we regress back to when we were younger and was consistently being reminded of what to do or not do. Aging is a process that...
by Debbie Pearson | Jul 18, 2017 | Aging, Health Care, Life's Lessons
Please, please, please follow this rule about medications! Only start or stop long-term medications one at a time. This is the absolute best way to pinpoint positive effects or problems. It’s such a logical precedent but, all too often, this isn’t what happens in...
by Debbie Pearson | Jun 27, 2017 | Health Care, Life's Lessons, The Blue Print to Age Your Way
Seems like, for the rest of my days, I’ll be clarifying CPR (cardio-pulmonary-resuscitation). Fortunately, there is a one-page explanation in my book, The Blueprint to Age Your Way. Preference for CPR is not as clear-cut as it appears. People who have thoughtfully...
by Debbie Pearson | Jun 13, 2017 | Health Care, Life's Lessons
This blog is a follow-up to last week’s blog where I provided Legal Documents for the Young. I wanted to share my own story of how that blog post came about. If you missed the post, you can find it HERE. A short while ago, I was reminded that significant...
