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Sampson County workshop offers caregivers practical help on Medicare, stress and local resources
Summary
A Sampson County caregiver workshop led by Lisa Decandia of Mid Carolina Regional Council combined practical help with Medicare paperwork and local programs with stress-reduction techniques such as body scans, breath prayers and Tai chi referrals.
Lisa Decandia, the Sampson County Medicare SHIP coordinator with Mid Carolina Regional Council, led a community caregiver workshop focused on managing caregiver stress and navigating health bills and benefits. Decandia encouraged caregivers to keep explanation-of-benefits paperwork and demonstrated simple stress-relief practices, while attendees shared common problems such as sleep loss and anticipatory grief.
Why it mattered: caregivers described routine challenges — juggling appointments, handling multiple bills from hospitals, labs and doctors, and caring for loved ones while grieving changes in their health. Decandia said reviewing EOBs can reveal charges a person already paid or should not have been billed for and described helping a…
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