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?" Don’t do that!
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?
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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog
OCTOBER 2, 2021
I have had many occasions as an educator to implement and consult on intergenerational partnerships between schools and nursing homes. For example, after students learn how to write letters at school, service-learning could include writing letters to nursing home residents who would benefit from receiving them.
Living With Hospice
JULY 5, 2020
I'm not a nurse. I am a long term hospice volunteer, and I've been involved with hospice going back to my son 13 years ago, and I've been a client of several hospice organizations here in Michigan through my family, and I've seen hospice from the outside as a client as well as from the inside as a long term volunteer.
Living With Hospice
AUGUST 26, 2020
I am not a licensed counselor, nurse or certified medical professional. 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. Something else before we start, just to be clear, I am not offering medical advice. I'm not a doctor.
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