AGING and WELLNESS ! Why Community Matters- with Nurse Mechell
#agewell #wellnesscheck #dementia #community #communityengagement #familycaregivers #family #healthyaging #bridginggaps
Welcome to this fourth and final interview in Special Senior September with one of my dear friends and medical colleague, Mechell, a nurse with an extraordinary passion for WELLNESS from birth through to older age.
Nurse Mechell is a well-known, loved and respected midwife, public health nurse and advocate for community wellness at all ages and stages. She was awarded the Public Health Nurse of The Year in 2024.
In addition to handling these roles , she has held several national leadership roles around managing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Women's unique concerns.
In 2006, she made history as only the 2nd Barbadian to serve as Regional Nursing Director for Region 4 of The Caribbean Nurses Organisation, where she advanced leadership in Nursing across the Caribbean.
Nurse Mechell has also delivered numerous public health lectures on a myriad of topics from climate change to family wellness.
Integrating NCD prevention, gentle parenting and plant-centred food security solutions Nurse Mechell makes birth a happy , empowering event, and firmly believes that the Older Generation carries the gems💎💎💎 of wisdom and ought to be provided for and have full participation in day-to-day life and the Environment as a means of bridging deep chasms that occur amongst persons of different age groups.
AWESOME chat and the BIG vision of HEALTHY Communities!💖🎭🛝🧸
From my heart to yours💗
Dr. Lana
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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
local 📧goldenpalmmedicalclinic@gmail.com
If you're a Family Caregiver or Physician at your wit's end, I am here for your free 15-minute coaching call- connect by email, or join me on www.lanaslittlethings.com
We gotta stick together!💯
A Personal Caregiving Journey- Joys, Challenges, Lessons Learned- A MALE Perspective!
#dementia #familycaregivers #family #selfcare #healthyaging #bridginggaps
Welcome to this second interview with Mr. Tony Babb - one of Barbados' most successful Water Sports Specialists (he can teach almost anyone to water-ski!) and winner of many awards, not only for his talents , but his amazing patience and customer service.
He is well-known for his sparkly smile- indeed his nickname "Sparkles" fits him PERFECTLY (listen out for the story behind this!😉💗) .
💥 Did I also mention that he is my favourite big brother! (my ONLY big brother lol💥) .I admire him so much!
His first story of Caregiving his elderly grandmother ("Granny"), in his 20s, as well as his baby son, all with a fulltime job, no transportation, and starting his own business; on the edge of burnout (until he was given a "wakeup call" by a loving aunt; and then going on to care for 2 more elder family members at various times over the years.
His story will resonate with many Family Caregivers as you see your shared experiences - we , you are NOT ALONE!💗🫂💜💗
Male Caregivers are , thankfully increasing in number and expertise, but Family Make Caregivers may often feel "unseen or under appreciated , because they have to be careful with their own feelings of caring for a female relative especially, because of stigma, fears of unfounded accusations and feeling "out of their depth".
We need more males because the male-male dynamic on a social scale is different and , let's face it ladies: we have our own "talk"; men have theirs!💯
It was a joy to chat with my "big brother", and heartwarming as I heard accounts for the first time- new appreciation!
Thank you Bro!💜💜💜😊💥
Sparkles' Contact: https://www.instagram.com/radicalwatersports/
From my heart to yours💗
Dr. Lana
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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
local 📧goldenpalmmedicalclinic@gmail.com
If you're a Family Caregiver or Physician at your wit's end, I am here for your free 15-minute coaching call- connect by email, or join me on www.lanaslittlethings.com
We gotta stick together!💯
LLT#227- GERI-GADGETS! From Angela with Love
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER!!! - The Month we Commemorate Alzheimer's Dementia , AND other forms of Dementia
#healthyaging #dementia #bridginggaps #familycaregivers #family
Welcome to this amazing interview with Ms. Angela Fairhurst-Founder & CEO @ Geri-Gadgets, designer of Therapeutic Products for Dementia, Career TV Producer , Executive in Charge of Production and Journalist as she takes a firm grip on Dementia in helping bridge the gaps between the affected person , their Caregivers and families!
With her creativity, ingenuity and sheer practicality, she shares with you and me the inspiration behind her unique crafting of Geri-Gadgets©️, as tools of communication, opening the mental and memory boxes that Dementia so harshly slams shut in the worlds of families and friends.
It was a joy to chat with her ; it felt like a true "heart hug" 💗🫂 knowing that using simple designs, a person with Dementia could re-unite with their favourite hobby, play with their children/grandchildren/Caregiver and have fun and maintain bonds of love!
Thank you Angela!💜💜💜😊💥
Contacts: 1/https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-fairhurst-5a69737/
2/IG: @GeriGadgets
From my heart to yours always💗
Dr. Lana
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Overwhelmed? Let's connect: 📧lana@lanaannemd.com
If you're a Family Caregiver or Physician at your wit's end, I am here for your free 15-minute coaching call- connect by email, or join me on www.lanaslittlethings.com
We gotta stick together!💯
