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  • Help IS Available!  By : Jari Holland Buck
    Advocacy resources for a hospitalized patients and their advocate(s) is available on the Internet but most of us:
    • are too stressed out to look; and/or
    • don't know where to start.

    START HERE...

    These resources have been screened and used by a family member who acted as an advocate for her critically ill husband for 8+ moths in the hospital and 6+ years post discharge.
  • On Your Own Behalf...  By : Jari Holland Buck
    As women, we sometimes don't do what we need to do for our own health. Learn five tips you can use to get the best possible health "care" possible and feel empowered with doctors.
  • The Good Visitor  By : Jari Holland Buck
    What top things should visitors know about visiting a patient in the hospital? Learn what you can, should and should not do when visiting someone who is hospitalized.
  • The Failure to Cope  By : Jari Holland Buck
    The love, the pain and the loss of self associated with caregiving is real. Most of us believe we can avoid it and yet, fall into the same trap as those who have gone before. Read about my experience and what I learned from my "failure to cope."
  • The Final Say  By : Jari Holland Buck
    Regardless of your age or health, everyone needs to have medical "power documents," also called Healthcare Directives, executed. We never know when we will need one and when we do, it is sometimes too late to do anything about them. Read about the questions they answer and the resources available to all of us for completion of these critical legal documents.

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