By Dr. Jamie Huysman, PsyD, LCSW Being a primary caregiver can be a thankless job – particularly when you’re doing the best you can, and it’s still not enough. Family […]

By Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director Caregivers sometimes have to make tough decisions – literally decisions of life and death. It doesn’t matter if we knew this moment […]

By Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director How many family caregivers have sacrificed their financial futures through the act of caregiving? That was the question that ran through my mind […]

by Barry J. Jacobs Lost in today’s healthcare headlines about social determinants of health, such as housing, transportation and food insecurity, is greater attention to the original social context of […]

by Dr. Jamie Huysman, PsyD, LCSW A heartfelt CONGRATULATIONS to all cancer survivors! We are fortunate that we have access to so many unique stories of personal triumph. From the […]

By Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW Learning is a lifelong process; at least it is to me. I can’t imagine living in a static world without being able to adapt to […]

By Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director The hospital. On the scale of caregiver heavy lifting, a hospital visit of any kind requires all hands on deck. Two weeks […]

By Jaime Huysman, PsyD, LCSW “Nothing is permanent in this world, not even our troubles.”  — Charlie Chaplin Physicians, and emergency, surgical and hospital staffs, are trained to work under […]

Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director As I sat at a stop light recently, I saw two young people crossing in front of me. The older sister casually and […]

By Jaime Huysman, PsyD, LCSW The world is a scary place these days, moving faster, changing, threatening to take away that which we depend on to “get by” in many […]