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 Dr. Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW For many years I would hear people say, “The only sure things are death and taxes.” That may well be true, but it is […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW, CFT For the better part of my career, I have worked to support family caregivers. I have concentrated on the aspect of self-care as […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW, CFT Recent events across our great country have proven once again that lack of planning and not being prepared can have terrible consequences. A […]

Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director I used to talk about persons “suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.” Until I met Gerda Saunders. Gerda is the author […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW, CFT Being a primary caregiver can leave little room for creating a balance with the other important parts of your life. All caregiving and […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman PsyD, LCSW, CFT The truth is that everyone does not have the tools for providing care for a chronically ill or aging loved one. There are […]

By Carol Zernial WellMed Charitable Foundation Executive Director Have you ever considered what it would be like to be a Vulcan? Yes, I am talking about Mr. Spock’s planet of […]