by patriciagraham | Oct 24, 2014 | Facility Management Resources, Healthcare Trends
Working with friends can be tricky. For many of us, starting a business is a daunting task. There is so much to learn and you can’t know everything. Many times, you count on the advice of family and friends and sometimes, you even work with them. Is this healthy...
by patriciagraham | Oct 11, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Healthcare Educator Resources, Healthcare Trends
If you work in health care, you have a pretty good idea what may be lurking on your shoes. Research tells us that some microorganisms may survive hospital cleaning. Guess where many of those germs are? That’s right, they’re on the floor. Guess what also spends most...
by patriciagraham | Sep 27, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Geriatrics and Aging, Healthcare Trends
The Under-Utilization of Hospice I recently heard from a former student who is working as a caregiver on an oncology floor. The student wrote about the difficulties of working with patients with terminal diagnosis. It reminded me of an excellent article that was given...
by patriciagraham | Aug 26, 2014 | Caregiver Education and Health, Geriatrics and Aging, Healthcare Trends
About the Life Expectancy in the US… What’s the life expectancy of a US citizen? Can you figure out what your own life expectancy is? Can you live longer? Recently there has been a lot of talk about the average life expectancy in the US. We’ve assembled...
by patriciagraham | Aug 10, 2014 | Healthcare Trends, See All Categories
Why are we last? For being the most expensive healthcare system in the world, the US doesn’t rank among the highest in health outcomes when compared to other developed countries. In fact, in a recent 2014 study (The Commonwealth Fund Report) comparing the US with 10...
by patriciagraham | Aug 6, 2014 | Geriatrics and Aging, Healthcare Trends
Leading the Way in Small Businesses Hopefully, the stereotype that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has been disproved by the baby boomer population. Baby boomers (defined as being born between 1945 and 1964) have seen and been a part of huge advances in...
