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Archive for the ‘COVID-19 Stories’ Category

Patient Advocacy’s Power in Giving Voice to Minority Clients

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Posted on March 12th, 2021 by Bettina Carlson, under COVID-19 Stories, Diversity, Healthcare Reform, Patient Advocacy, Social

Racial Disparity in Healthcare COVID-19, with its large-scale impact on our entire country (and beyond), has exposed what many already know - the disparities in healthcare; and it propelled them into our consciousness! One of the disparities is... Continue Reading »

Frustration in Times of COVID

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Posted on December 22nd, 2020 by Bettina Carlson, under COVID-19 Stories, Mental Health, Social Distancing, Take Charge

  Are we more frustrated or aggressive? The COVID crisis is challenging many, if not most of us, creating frustrations on a widespread level that we have not experienced in a long, long time. We can feel this throughout our communities... Continue Reading »

My Father’s Death During The Pandemic

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Posted on October 30th, 2020 by Bettina Carlson, under COVID-19 Stories, Death & Dying, Patient Advocacy, Seniors

My father died three months into the coronavirus pandemic. Not of COVID-19. But because of despair and a broken heart.  He was 83 years old. He lived in a beautiful Assisted Living facility, with great staff members. He had his own room... Continue Reading »