Tag: elderly
member name: donna f.
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May 25, 2006 06:06 PM EDT --
Living in a Nursing home is expensive. The average cost of Long Term care in The U.S. is enough to break all but the most prosperous of us. On average, a semi private room in a home today runs between . . .
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August 04, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
For-Profits versus Non-Profits
In my twenty three years as a Nursing Home Nurse, I have spent the majority of my time in non-profit facilities, working in one, and traveling to numerous others as an . . .
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April 09, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
"She called me the "F" word" Carol cried, as she exited Mrs. Griner's room. Tears were streaming down her usually rosy cheeks. It was almost expected. Mrs. . . .
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May 16, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
I have to admit that this is not an original poem. I have read this to every Nursing Assistant class I have ever taught.
This was found among the meager belongings of an eighty nine year old, nursing . . .
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June 04, 2006 10:12 AM EDT --
Who gets to say "When"? When is enough, enough? Personally, I want to make that choice for myself. I do not have any desire to have my life held in the balance by anyone other than myself.
What . . .
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August 29, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
I am a pariah in my chosen field, Nursing. Do I care? Not a whit. In fact, I relish the role, and will tell anyone who asks why I chose to work in the dregs of the nursing profession, the (cue sinister . . .
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November 11, 2006 09:50 AM EST --
Holidays in the nursing home can be a time of great joy, but YOU have to make it happen. No one wants to spend their holidays alone, with virtual strangers who are not their family. Unfortunately, . . .
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December 11, 2007 09:41 AM EST --
I'm doin' it, and its about damned time. Tomorrow I reenter the work force. I had been laid off in late July, and while I have enjoyed the time off, its time to get a real paycheck coming in again. . . .
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June 16, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
According to a congressional study, one in every 25 Americans over the age of 65 has been a victim of abuse. In research conducted by Beth Hudson Keller, Director of Education and Training . . .
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July 09, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
"She called me the "F" word" Carol cried, as she exited Mrs. Griner's room. Tears were streaming down her usually rosy cheeks. It was almost expected. Mrs. Griner had been in the . . .
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September 14, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
Dateline: 2027
Life in the Nursing home sure has changed a great deal since I first started writing this column, way back in aught six. For me, the most major change has been in the Nursing . . .
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September 20, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
As some of you may remember, I spent last summer, the summer of 2007, that is, unemployed. The Nursing Home I had been working at closed due to being sold to a local University for the purpose of renovating . . .
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October 11, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
"Hi Donna, Sorry to bother you on a Friday night, but Mr. Jones is freaking out. He is wandering into other people's rooms, and hollering about finding his platoon . I have already given him a . . .
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December 21, 2006 06:24 PM EST --
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Home
Not a creature was stirring, not a mouse nor a gnome
The dentures were soaking in the sink, with great care
In hopes that by morning, you could . . .
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April 15, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
I received this as an email this morning, from a friend, and thoguht I would share it with my Gather pals. The author is unknown, but whoever he/she is, Thank you. I plan on using this as a teaching tool . . .
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September 23, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
A row of bottles on my shelf
Caused me to analyze myself.
One yellow pill I have to pop.
Goes to my heart so it won't stop.
The little white one that I take
Goes to my hands so they won't shake. . . .
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October 18, 2008 08:48 AM EDT --
This is a story of love. True, honest-to-God, death- do-us-part-love. You know the kind of love I mean, the kind that we all hope to find one day, and that some never do.
This is the story . . .
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December 29, 2008 11:26 AM EST --
As many of you know, my job was eliminated last week due to "downsizing"(Merry Freakin' Christmas to me). Actually, it was eliminated because the new administrator wanted to hire her friend . . .
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February 12, 2008 08:33 AM EST --
Every so often, every nurse gets a patient who touches her (or his) soul in an unforgettable way. Dave was one of those patients.
I loved that old coot, and even ten years after his death, think . . .
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October 14, 2008 09:09 AM EDT --
It's getting to be that time of year again, when thoughts of the holidays begin creeping into our thoughts, especially when walking the aisles of any number of d epartment stores. (Don't get me . . .
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