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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Nursing Home Smoking: A Hospice Volunteer’s View (Video 1:16 mins.)

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According to MI law relating to nursing homes, smoking is either not allowed or restricted to certain areas of nursing homes. This whole id...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

BlogTalkRadio Interview with Frances Shani Parker, Author of “Becoming Dead Right” (30 mins.)

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Earlier this week, I was interviewed by Patricia Grace, a certified senior advisor and host of the BlogTalkRadio Show “Aging with Grace.” ...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Caregiving with Sensitivity: Semi-Sensory Deprivation and The Virtual Dementia Tour (Video 3:04 mins.)

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I have been a big fan of semi-sensory deprivation training for some time. For example, lack of eye care for nursing home residents is wides...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Hospice and Nursing Home Poem: Volunteer-Patient African American History

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My book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes  concludes each chapter with an original poem. I was inspired to wr...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Culture Change in Nursing Homes: What Works, What Doesn’t (Video: 1:59 mins.)

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Most people agree that changes in the stereotypical, traditional nursing homes are long overdue. What makes a nursing home really feel like ...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Healthcare Disparities: Do You Treat Patients Differently Based on Race or Culture? (Video 3:43 mins.)

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During my healthcare research, I have repeatedly come across data revealing major disparities in America’s healthcare system. Overwhelming ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Rural and Urban Hospice Financial Comparisons

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If I asked you which hospices, rural or urban, face the most financial disadvantages, which would you say? According to reported research in...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Hispanics: Caregiving and Diabetes Research (Video 1:49 mins.)

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As a hospice volunteer in Detroit nursing homes, it was not unusual for me to have regular contact with patients who had dementia. One pati...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Hospice Care: Can Miracles Save Lives? (Video 1:01 min.)

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Do you believe in miracles? If so, you share company with many others. As a hospice volunteer, I noticed early on that many patients held s...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Delaying Dementia with Bilingual Ability

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Can you speak more than one language? If you can, you may have a better chance at delaying the onset of dementia symptoms. Dementia refers t...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hospice Volunteer Memorial for Deceased Patients: Christmas Remembrance Tree (Video 2:57 mins.)

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Hospice workers experience patients’ deaths on a regular basis. The frequency of these experiences can sometimes cause the individualit...
Friday, December 12, 2008

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" – Intl. Trailer (2:35 mins.)

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I’m a little partial to movies set in New Orleans, my hometown, and movies that deal with the elderly and mortality. This movie about a man ...
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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Bereavement Support: Holiday Grief (Video Poem 4:00 mins.)

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The holidays can be a troubling time for many who are grieving the loss of loved ones. Through the years, people associate holiday trad...
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Friday, November 28, 2008

Hospice and Nursing Home Christmas Story

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Have you ever celebrated Christmas in May? A hospice volunteer in Detroit nursing homes, I shared a wonderful Christmas in May experienc...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Hospice Care Perceptions of Nursing Home Staff

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In my book “Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes,” there is a chapter titled “Healthier Hospice.” This chapter ...
Monday, November 17, 2008

An Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group for Caregivers (Video 1:48 mins.)

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My first encounter with unofficial hospice volunteering took place many years ago when HIV/AIDS was viewed as an early death sentence. I rem...
Sunday, November 9, 2008

Wii Physical Therapy Technology for Senior Veterans in Hospitals (Video 1:29 mins.)

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There’s a reason Nintendo Wii Sports sells in the millions worldwide. It attracts many age groups in lively sports activities and encourages...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

Culture Change in a Baby Boomer Nursing Home (Video 2:20 mins.)

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In my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes,” Baby Boomer Haven refers to an imaginary nursing home b...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Homeless People: Advance Directives and Hospice-Palliative Care (Video 1:26 mins.)

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When you see homeless people, you might wonder how they came to that condition, why some refuse to leave the streets, if they really care a...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Caregiving: Love, Hatred, Guilt, Joy, Resignation (Video 4:10 mins.)

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A caregiver’s role can be a complicated potpourri of love, hatred, guilt, joy and resignation. During my years as a hospice volunteer, I h...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Reading Levels of Hospice Bereavement Materials

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The average reading level of most newspapers is 8th grade or below. This implies that most adult readers have a better comprehension of rea...
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Sunday, October 5, 2008

HIV/AIDS and Senior Citizens (Video 2:36 mins.)

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Did you know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control, one-quarter of the one million HIV-positive people in the U.S. are older th...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Ghost Bike Memorials Honor Killed and Injured Bikers, Raise Awareness (Video 1:05 mins.)

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This post about impromptu memorials includes an excerpt from my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hospice Workers and Death Rituals

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This post includes an excerpt from my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes.” In a chapter titled “D...
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