Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
JANUARY 1, 2023
The following is a true nursing home experience that my hospice patient shared with me about an unusual trip she said she had taken the day before I visited her: (Excerpt from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes ) “What did you do today?” I asked Rose after feeding her. “Me?
Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
APRIL 3, 2022
At nursing home mealtimes, I served as a hospice volunteer at several Detroit, Michigan nursing homes for many years. Hospice residents are predicted to have up to six months to live, but may exceed that time. My assigned hospice residents were always my primary concern. What food?" Leave my food alone!
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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2021
My book, Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes , includes a chapter on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. I know your words make me feel better, feed my heart with praise, help me care about others the way you care about me.
Living With Hospice
JULY 5, 2020
Friends at work, friends, school neighbors, people from the church, even the book club. Transcript: Hello, come on in and welcome to another episode of Living With Hospice. And maybe it's a hospice volunteer, somebody you don't even know, which sometimes makes it easier to talk openly. I'm not a nurse. That's important.
Living With Hospice
AUGUST 26, 2020
I am a very experienced person who's been a caregiver and a longtime hospice volunteer. I've been on the inside and on the outside of hospice. I am not a licensed counselor, nurse or certified medical professional. I do not offer medical advice. Today's episode is no different. And he just went and helped and did it.
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