Opening doors to better health and a brighter future: Lillie’s story
How a patient found stability and hope with her Zufall care team When Lillie lost her health insurance, job, and home in the same year, she felt like every door in her life was closing. The 56-year-old home health aide and certified nursing assistant found herself living in her car — without access to a doctor, insulin to manage her diabetes, or hope for the future. Everything changed after Lillie’s first visit...
Meet Your Provider: Maria V. Menzel, MSW, LCSW
Zufall Health’s Maria Menzel, MSW, LCSW, will never forget the compassionate support that her family received from a hospital social worker during a family health crisis—the severely premature birth of her twin niece and nephew—12 years ago. The experience revealed to Menzel the importance of social workers in medical settings and paved the way for her current-day career in social work. Menzel was in the hospital with her sister, Tanya, the...
Ask Dr. Bob: Are You Depressed, and What Can You Do About Depression?
We all have times when we feel bad, even guilty, about our lives, ourselves, our careers, or our futures. But for many people, this sad mood won’t go away and becomes a way of life. They may lack energy, have trouble concentrating, experience a change in appetite, or have sleep problems. It doesn’t do any good to tell them to just snap out of it. They would like to, but...
Meet Your Provider: Sarah Aleman, MSW, LCSW
When licensed clinical social worker Sarah Aleman, MSW, LCSW, joined Zufall Health, she was the organization’s only behavioral health provider and was serving a limited number of patients solely in Dover. Now, 12 years later, as director of behavioral health, she oversees a 19-member staff that serves patients at every Zufall medical site. Pursuing a career helping others was an easy choice for Aleman. At a young age, she assumed a...