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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

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Frances Shani Parker, author of "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes,” writes this blog. Topics include news, practices and insights related to hospice care, nursing homes, caregiving, death, and seniors in America. Research, images and videos are used often. The hospice philosophy supports quality end-of-life care.

• Added on: Aug 20th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Frances Shani Parker
• Listed in: General Health Death & Dying
• Tags: death hospice dementia caregiving bereavement nursing homes

Recent Posts

• Hospice Veteran Gets Last Wish Granted (Video 3:29 mins.)

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 11:35 in veterans, " hospice, “the american veteran, stuart sidell, ” bay pines va medical center make-a-wish program, christopher glenn

                                                To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. Ano...

• On Deaf Ears: Poetic Cries of an Uninsured Patient (Video Poem)

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 14:22 in video poem, no health insurance, " healthcare reform, aurora harris, "on deaf ears: a poem before turning fifty, uninsured patient

  Having no health insurance is a serious problem. Aurora Harris, a friend and fellow poet, has been living the unlivable with a torso serving as “a tomb of womb pain.” Like millions in America, she bears the added hardship of having no health insu...

• Advice for Adult Orphans

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 18:47 in advice, coping with death, end-of-life, deceased parents, adult orphans, parents dead

  More and more of my friends are becoming adult orphans. Many have one or no parents alive. Others are caregivers who will possibly become orphans in the near future. These suggestions can help adult orphans coping with life’s new rea...

• Christmas in May Story: Hospice Volunteer and Nursing Home Patient

  Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 00:09 in christmas story, “becoming dead right, hospice story, nursing home story, rainbow smiles, ” hospice volunteer

  This true story is an excerpt from a chapter titled “Rainbow Smiles” from my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes.” Most smiles begin with a warm energy that snakes through your body like a providential python...

• Engage With Grace: Talk About End-of-Life Wishes

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 14:03 in engage with grace, the one slide project, five choices, end-of-life wishes

  Last year during Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented blog rally to promote Engage With Grace - a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes.It was a great success, w...

• Quality of Life Caregiving: Sick, Aging Dogs (Video 3:49 mins.)

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 10:14 in caregiving, quality of life, old dogs, hospice and palliative care, end-of-life, sick dogs, “seven days with seven dogs”

  Two years ago, I did a blog post on sick, aging dogs enjoying a life-enhancing trip. The dogs were showcased in a heartwarming video, actually a “dogumentary,” titled “Seven Days with Seven Dogs.” Like an old tune that keeps playing inside my...

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