Consumer health writing

Alongside my work for professional healthcare audiences, I write stories for geared to patients and caregivers that combine reporting, expert perspective and lived experience to make complex health issues accessible and humane.

• Caregivers share how they keep loved ones engaged at home during COVID-19
  — Four caregivers describe creative strategies for keeping loved ones healthy, connected,and out of the hospital during the pandemic, for Brain & Life.
• Why movement is better for healing than bed rest
  — An in-depth feature for YouAreUNLTD examining the benefits of activity during chronic pain, injury recovery, and post-surgical rehabilitation.
• How to keep it together when dementia shakes your world
  — A first-person–informed piece for YouAreUNLTD exploring the impact of dementia on families and caregivers.
• Getting a second chance
  — A profile of cancer survivor Phillip Moy, tracing his recovery and return to daily life, for The Globe and Mail’s Content Studio.
• Life after stroke
  — A portrait of two stroke survivors adapting to life beyond acute care.
• Fertility treatments are changing pregnancy options
  —Reporting for Personal Health News on advances in assisted reproductive technology that are enabling people to conceive later.