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TGIF! It is the Advent season for Christians and the end (another day) of Hanukkah for Jews. Both seasons to me, bring joy and hope. I have good Jewish friends, so I get a bit of a celebratory joy from them, especially since they reciprocally enjoy Christmas celebrations. As readers know, I follow health care and health … Read more
Happy Hump Day! As readers would expect, I spend a ton (ok, maybe not a ton but a lot) of time reading and researching for client purposes and for this site. Over the years, I have found developing subject level knowledge has kept me sane and given me a deep perspective on health care and … Read more
Yesterday was National Mental Health Day. It was also World Mental Health Day. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of mental health issues and to mobilize professionals and communities to become more engaged in supporting mental health care. A few months back, I lost a very close, long-term friend to a mental … Read more
Last week, in a message from LeadingAge President, Katie Smith Sloan, she wrote about the epidemic of loneliness. Her words reflected on how leaders are prone to loneliness and how the same concept or concepts were addressed by Arthur C. Brooks in his book, “Strength to Strength”. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy back in May, alerted … Read more