“Speechless” is a Winner!

ABC’s new sitcom “Speechless” is a funny, irreverent, enjoyable comedy which features a character in a wheelchair, and it’s about time! The show stars Minnie Driver as the good-hearted, tenacious Mama Bear who ensures that her son with CP has all the same opportunities as her other two children. JJ is a charming, funny teenager who rolls his eyes at his parents, gets into teenage shenanigans, and also happens to use a wheelchair and a communication board. The show doesn’t make any of them sentimental; they just get to be a real, modern family making things work one day at a time. Kudos ABC!

https://abc.go.com/shows/speechless

TV Review: 'Speechless' unites kindness, irreverence

In the News, What is Home Care?

November 17, 2016

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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