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posted 05/09/2008, comments (2)
Healthcare Literacy – A Key to Success
Everyone knows that one of the keys to success is education and that holds true for family caregivers as well. In our case, the terminology is called "health literacy." What exactly do I mean by health literacy? It is generally defined as our capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and the... Read more
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posted 05/09/2008, comments (0)
Living with Quiggles: Freedom in All Forms
Stigma: 1) The recognition of differences based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark; 2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggle: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident or illness... Read more
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posted 05/04/2008, comments (0)
Attention Cities: Make Caring for Aging Parents a Community Mission
If you substitute the aging of America for hurricane Katrina and substitute every city in the country with New Orleans you will have an idea of what the aging of America is going to do to the political, financial, and municipal structure of cities and towns as we go forward. Just as with the Katrina situation any help from the states and... Read more
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posted 04/17/2008, comments (0)
Living with Quiggles: Whose Responsibility
Stigma:1) The recognition of differences based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the person Quiggle: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident or illness... Read more
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