In our previous podcast, LNP 294, Steve Henry shared his knowledge about the intricacies of wheelchairs. The chairs Steve described were specially fitted orthotic devices. As I interviewed Steve, I thought of the type of wheelchair that I was more familiar with – the kind used for transport. Intended to move patients from one place […]
LNP 294 Wheelchairs for Catastrophically Injured Patients Steve Henry
Steve Henry is talking about a subject that influences catastrophically injured people and has a direct impact on the work of life care planners and legal nurse consultants Steve has vast experience in home care, durable medical equipment, adaptive feeding, and complex rehab technology. That technology seems to be changing and improving all the time. […]
LNP 291 Spinal Cord Injuries: Nursing Liability
Spinal cord injuries cause devastating injuries. Lawsuits may result with the injuries occurred as the result of someone’s negligence: falls on someone’s icy sidewalk or in a healthcare facility, or injury from motor vehicle crashes, for example. Paralysis from a spinal cord injury causes major emotional, physical, and also financial damages. Despite improvements in early recognition and […]
LNP 287 Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
I am in the process of finishing ghostwriting a book with an author whose childhood in a very rough part of Chicago exposed him to a variety of traumatic experiences. Against all odds, he escaped the environment and made a huge success of himself. Why he succeeded when so many of his classmates and family […]
LNP 286 The Impact of Childhood Domestic Violence Dr. Linda Olson
With over 30 years in private practice specializing in childhood domestic violence, abuse, and trauma, Dr. Olson has a dual masters in clinical social work and also clinical psychology from the University of Iowa. She also holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Her post-doctoral work has focused on […]