Our guest today, Melanie McMillion from TrustBridge Health. With 20 years of clinical experience working in Hospice, palliative care and bereavement, Melanie has extensive skill in assisting people and families with chronic and terminal health issues, Caregiving Stress and Grief and bereavement. On today’s show, we are going to have an upbeat conversation about Caregivers working in healthcare and the importance of professional boundaries.
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.
