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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Becoming Dead Right in 10 Steps

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                                                                                                                                  Life is a ...
Monday, August 1, 2022

Dementia Violence in Healthcare

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As a hospice volunteer in Detroit, Michigan nursing homes, I viewed dementia as a fluttering bee.  I never knew when it would make honey or ...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Dying in Control (Research, Hospice Story)

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Are you ready to die? Because I have been a hospice volunteer many years, people sometimes assume that my patients and I talk about death a ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

"Missing" - An Older Adult, Loneliness Poem

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"She waited, grasping like a New Year's resolution..."  Many older adults rarely enjoy visitors they seldom see during m...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Hospice Volunteer Meets Patient Living With Dementia

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                                                   Frances Shani Parker "That's Henrietta sitting by herself at the table," th...
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Monday, April 4, 2022

Nursing Home Mealtimes With Dementia

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"Food? What food?" At nursing home mealtimes, I served as a hospice volunteer at several Detroit, Michigan nursing homes for many ...
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Monday, March 7, 2022

Caregiver Abuse and Solutions December 2022

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It is often said that everyone has a breaking point. What about caregivers working under very stressful conditions? What about caregivers wh...
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Monday, February 7, 2022

Dementia, Hospice, Ancestor Poem

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                                                                                 Her name was Miss Loretta. A hospice volunteer, I admired h...
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Monday, January 3, 2022

Kinship Care: What is it?

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"Kinship care" is a popular term often used in reference to caregiving performed by a family member.  I believe non-relatives who ...
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Empathy in Healthcare

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Would you describe yourself as a person with empathy for supporting emotional needs of others? Were you born with this ability? It may su...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

Sexuality, Healthcare, and Older Adults (Video 3:24)

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   In spite of what you may have thought or heard, many older adults enjoy active and fulfilling sex lives into their later years. In fact, ...
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Saturday, October 2, 2021

School-Nursing Home Partnerships (Service-Learning, Dementia)

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I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. Th...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Are You Asking People to Tell You Your Name?

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                                                                                                                               Seriously, if...
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Monday, August 2, 2021

Life After Death Dementia Story

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This true story is from my book  Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. When Mamie Wilson (pseudonym) became my ho...
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