Take Care With Meds
by Lidia Molinara
With pharmacare expertise and informed guests, Lidia Molinara guides you through the complex world of medication and health. Whether you're caring for yourself or a loved one, Take Care With Meds empowers you to ACE your healthcare journey: Advocate, Communicate, Educate. Let Lidia be your guide.
Episodes
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Team CarePal
Caregivers provide a combined 5.7 billion hours of unpaid care in Canada — It’s emotionally hard work, on top of full time jobs and other life commitments. Lidia introduces us to Cindy Sim, founder and CEO of Team Carepal, an incredible new tool that offers support when giving care to loved ones....
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Honouring the Journey
Compassion makes all the difference, especially when it comes to long term and end of life care. Lidia speaks with Cathy Fortunat, CEO of Sherwood Care, about how to spot a caring facility. Cathy shares ideas for choosing the right place for you or your loved one — and talks about what inspires…
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Advocacy as Love
Lidia invites Trudy Callaghan, Publisher of Edify magazine, to share the story of her mom’s journey through Alzheimer's disease and Trudy’s lived experience as her mom’s caretaker. Hear about the challenges of coordinating care, advocating for the people you love most, and what it means to be on...
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Medication Safety
Melissa Sheldrick lost her son, Andrew (age 8), due to a medication error. Lidia takes us through Melissa’s story — we hear how this devastating event shapes Melissa’s view on medication safety and how to promote a culture of safety in medicine. Through her work with the Assurance and Improvement...
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Elder Care
The pandemic shone a light on many things. It highlighted how social connections and the way we live impacts our health - and that is especially true of the elderly. Dr. Paul Kivi and Dr. Marjan Abbasi join Lidia to discuss how to navigate elder-care in a way that best fits your needs and values....
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Educate
Education is a big part of ACE-ing your healthcare journey, and it can feel overwhelming. Lidia outlines what kind of questions can help you navigate your care (or the care of someone else), including tips for when and how to ask for options. A - Advocate C - Communicate E - Educate --Chapters--...
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Communicate
In the world of healthcare, what does it mean to communicate? Lidia guides you through the kind of information healthcare professionals need from you and how you can best share it. Providing information can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to worry. Write it down and be honest. Like, really...
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Advocate
Learning to advocate for yourself is key to ensuring good healthcare, but it can be intimidating and confusing. Lidia breaks through common barriers to advocacy and provides suggestions for how you can break through them too. A - Advocate C - Communicate E - Educate --Chapters-- (00:00) - Intro...
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ACE Your Healthcare
In North American culture, medications are everywhere. We may not think twice about taking them. But, sometimes, the meds we take to help us can cause us harm. Lidia shares examples of medication use gone wrong, and tells us how we can A.C.E. our healthcare journey: Advocate, Communicate and...
About this show
With pharmacare expertise and informed guests, Lidia Molinara guides you through the complex world of medication and health. Whether you're caring for yourself or a loved one, Take Care With Meds empowers you to ACE your healthcare journey: Advocate, Communicate, Educate. Let Lidia be your guide.
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