On this episode of Healing Ties, Author Spotlight we visit with author Bonnie Friedman about her new book, Hospital Warrior: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One .
Bonnie Friedman spent years balancing her career in communications while raising her children and periodically taking over as an advocate and caregiver for her husband Bob. Hospitalized 14 times over a 24 year period – often with very serious and sometimes life-threatening illnesses, Bonnie’s hard-won knowledge kept growing with every passing episode. With her husband now doing well, Bonnie has turned her experience into a new calling. She is blogging, writing and speaking about the importance of hospital advocacy.
Listen in and learn how Bonnie is creating “Healing Ties” all around us!
You Might Know Me As The Bow Tie Guy - "Wearing a bow tie is like wearing two smiles."
When people ask me, "why did you create the Whole Care Network"... I always come back to our caregiving experience and how fortunate I was to find resources that helped me and my partner Richard Schiffer manage our caregiving journey. Every caregiver has a story; through our stories, we find validation, resources, and respite to help manage our caregiving day.
We were fortunate to have our story chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-nominated 3-part story, “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey,” which told our journey of caregiving. The story told of the challenges LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy my partner Richard's last years had on our relationship.
