Episode 19: Season Finale sharing about Dr. Still, impacts of Vietnam War, fascia, dementia, cancer and gravity.
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In Episode 19, I am concluding Season 1 of Fascia and Bones: Unpacking the Mystery. Season 2 will start back in August of 2025. In this episode I will be sharing a range of information from Dr. Still, the impacts of the Vietnam War, fascia, dementia, cancer and gravity.
The last few months of my personal life has involved moving my mom to independent care after her health changed dramatically after receiving the flu and covid booster in the end of January. Her system was not able to integrate the vaccines, and she fell sick, and symptoms of dementia arrived with a screeching halt. She was no longer able to navigate simple tasks on her own. An MRI confirmed small vascular disease, which is one of the 5 different types of dementia. This has been a fast-track experience to integrating my own understandings of dementia and navigating some complex systems of “care” for the elderly. Fortunately, I was already aware of resources locally and able to navigate a new place for her to live, in home and medical support with nurses and PT. Then I searched online for tools to simplify daily tasks, such as a memory loss phone, tv clicker, radio, schedule charts and automatic medication dispensers. All of which were to help support her navigating these now confusing daily tasks. Because of how Medicare is structured they do not pay for on-going care and support of elders who have over $2,000 in assets. Thus, all care is out-of-pocket for the provider and/or patient. So, we are preparing my mom’s house to sell to pay for her care. Now if you live outside the United States, you may be shocked by this. Unfortunately, this is how our system is set up because we do not have social medicine. It is a tragedy and as a direct effect on future generations with loss of income, inheritance, financial growth and ultimately the true care of the aging.
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