Ep 9: Navigating Your Healthcare Journey with Joy Paeth

enJuly 12, 2021

Bringing Life To Hospice

About this Episode

Joy shares abundant community resources and how to navigate the available services with aging loved ones. Let us be your compass when finding the best home care settings, additional personal care, and more options as your loved ones healthcare needs change. Have you heard of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Meals on Wheels, Respite Care, Stress Buster Training, or Memory Cafes? We dive into it all here! Not a local listener? Joy explains access to more resources too. Get connected and ask for help!

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External Links

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Where to find Hospice Nurse Penny:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospicenursepenny/?hl=en

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https://www.amazon.com/Improving-Veterans-Facing-Illness-Death/dp/1893349160

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