tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739414848829488502024-02-18T23:09:48.662-08:00Nursing HomeBest Nursing Home AdministratorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-75488879627392207222012-09-10T08:09:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.689-07:00Advice for Caregivers: Life, Death, Bereavement (Video 2:56)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 271 1549 12 3 1902 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Although many caregivers are actively involved in patient care for a considerable amount of time, they may not be confident or knowledgeable sometimes about the specifics of caring for someone else while maintaining their own quality of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-72898479645527497152012-09-02T23:43:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.686-07:00Older Adult, First-Time Grandparents: Interview with Frances Shani Parker (Baby Video)New Grandparents Mitch and Lonnetta White with Amelia<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 784 4471 37 8 5490 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 770 4390 36 8 5391 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Becoming grandparents for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-38411297904494070352012-08-27T14:22:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.668-07:00Frances Shani Parker and Anne Marie Gattari Television Interview: Aging Well in America (Video 30:16) <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 178 1016 8 2 1247 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Frances Shani Parker, an eldercare consultant, former school principal, hospice volunteer, and author of Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes, was featured guest on Aging Well in America, a television Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-46237393612292717082012-08-20T07:45:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.675-07:00Caregiver–Patient Poem: Hospice, Dementia Aha! Moment with MusicCaregivers who embrace patient care with win-win expectations know that aha moments can come at any time. Meaningful conversations and feelings drift into a now/here place that helps us worm our way from the unknown to the known. Aha moments are not forced or always joyous and explosive occasions. Many times they are subtle, quiet with a settled satisfaction that brings whispered gifts of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-47585140279358565392012-08-13T07:03:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.676-07:00Service Robots: Long-Term Care Technology Helps Staff and Residents (Nursing Home Video 4:22)Meet Care-O-Bot and CASERO, two German robot brothers that can provide needed services in long-term care facilities. Care-O-Bot is a robot assistant, while CASERO is an automated guided vehicle system. Previously, I shared information with you about Nursebot Pearl, a robot that services patients in private homes. She has a caregiving voice and an emotional face with interchangeable Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-41105760218439242462012-08-06T12:34:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.671-07:00Dementia Quiz: Four Questions (Research, Dementia Adult Daycare Video 2:46)Can you answer these four questions about dementia? View answers below the dementia daycare video.1) Where do most people with dementia die (home or institution)?2) Name two illnesses people with dementia usually die from? 3) What is the second most common form of dementia affecting older adults after Alzheimer’s disease?4) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-45867159405759403332012-07-30T13:22:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.674-07:00Compassionate Direct Care Workers with Patients: Healthcare Photos, Stories (Long-Term Care Research, Video 3:55)Photography is such a fascinating process. Capturing that special something which means more than words can ever say by themselves connects people at a guttural level of humanity. What if you are a healthcare worker giving ongoing caregiving support to patients as part of your job? What would you want to capture in photos to show the world what you really want to convey about your relationships Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-71965502542971324532012-07-23T12:34:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.684-07:00After Death To-Do List: Can You Add to This Checklist?A sun has set. Someone has come face to face with the Other Side of Through.This checklist includes tasks to do immediately after death:Some airlines have bereavement or compassion fares available for family members traveling for an imminent or actual death. These fares are discounted off the full price, but may not be the lowest fares available.If possible, the exact time of deathAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-67158874445981675932012-07-16T21:43:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.682-07:00Mealtime with Seven Dementia Patients (Independent Eating Alzheimer’s Research, Hospice Volunteer Story)“Food? What food?”As a hospice volunteer in Detroit nursing homes, I had contact often with patients not assigned to me. My hospice patients were always my primary concern, but most of them shared rooms with up to three other patients. At mealtimes, my patient and I shared a table with six other residents. In the excerpt below, I am the only one at the dinner table without dementia. Due to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-63625310696752318502012-07-09T07:56:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.680-07:00Hospice-Palliative Care Volunteers: Why They Do It (Research, Video 4:44)Many people wonder why hospice-palliative care volunteers serve patients who are terminally or chronically ill. Here are some answers researched by the Department of Psychology at Mount Allison University in Canada. Participants in the volunteer research included 41 hospice-palliative care volunteers from community and hospital-based programs. They were asked these questions with the following Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-7260985505786122162012-07-02T10:48:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.685-07:00Patient-Caregiver Loneliness Solutions (Research, Video 1:42)If you are around terminally ill patients and their caregivers on a regular basis, you may have noticed the following just as I have:1) Patients miss personal contact with friends and family who may not be able to visit them regularly, particularly if patients live at new locations such as nursing homes. Some may not visit because of transportation issues or because they find the ideaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-80735667598146490212012-06-25T22:04:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.693-07:00Oldest Adult Secrets to Long Healthy Lives (Longevity Research, Video 1:58)Do you want to live to be in your nineties? How about living to be 100 and beyond in relatively good health for that age? More and more of the oldest adult Americans are doing just that. University of Southern California longevity researchers studying this extraordinary group of people have found several characteristics unique to the population of the oldest old:1) They were more likely to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-77037933886609806172012-06-18T19:00:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.690-07:00How To Be A Great Hospice Volunteer<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 554 3159 26 6 3879 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> How To Be A Great Hospice Volunteer By Frances Shani Parker, AuthorBecoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes1) Remember why you serve.There’s a reason you feel compelled to enhance lives of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-36033518601676659442012-06-11T09:02:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.666-07:00Funeral Home Pacemakers: Recycled Gifts from the Dead (Research, Surgery Video 1:51)When people think of gifts from the dead, they often think of organ donations that usually don’t reach poor patients in developing countries. But funeral homes have become involved with donating reused, permanent pacemakers for saving lives. A pacemaker device can be reimplanted to adjust an abnormally low heart rate to meet the body's needs during exercise or rest. Implantation of a pacemaker, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-73700417532766585972012-06-05T22:25:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.688-07:00Older Adults’ Body Odor: Research on Stereotypes Helps ChildrenHave you heard of "old people smell?" Stereotypes about older adults begin early in life, even as young as three years old. I saw this demonstrated at my school where I was principal. Our students completed pre and post surveys as part of their nursing home visits. We asked them what their expectations were about nursing homes and the residents who lived there. Fourth graders told us they thoughtAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-81302212459590764372012-06-02T09:13:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.694-07:00Caregiver-Patient Poems: Nursing Home, Long-Term Care Mealtime, Volunteer AppreciationI fell in love with poetry at an early age. The rhythms, the messages, and the sheer creativity of finding the right words have always been fascinating to me. As a hospice volunteer in Detroit nursing homes for many years, I naturally began to record my experiences in poetic forms. These are two of my caregiver-patient poems that are published in online anthologies at other websites. I’ve Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-28922082262420878302012-05-29T20:41:00.000-07:002012-05-29T20:41:39.491-07:00Home Decorating - Getting It Right
Home decorating is very important. It is the art of transforming a closed space, whatever the size, into a liveable place. It isn't just arranging furniture and accessories in any order in a space. It involves a lot of thought and careful selection. Many underestimate the real importance of paints in home decor. The right paint can set the perfect tone for any interior space. Wall Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-86718828703660884482012-05-25T00:23:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.695-07:00Dementia Label Perceptions (Long-Term Care and Hospice Research, Alzheimer’s Video 3:41)<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 431 2458 20 4 3018 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Many people have a need to label others. They struggle to ease the complexity of dealing with whole people by mentally putting them in a labeled box of who they think they are. They see someone for the first time and immediately begin to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-66401442825389517082012-05-20T22:18:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.681-07:00Hospice and Palliative Care Veteran Services (Research, Video 4:46)Nat was my most memorable patient with military service. Keeping a small American flag taped to his bed was his way of honoring those who returned from service in body bags or with physical and mental injuries. Although he had fought in Viet Nam years before we met as hospice volunteer and patient, his stories about his war experiences were as raw and real as any I have heard. He shared these Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-5930288341704319542012-05-14T22:54:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.677-07:00Hospice Diversity Outreach: Share Best Practices (Video .32)Quality end-of-life care is an entitlement for everyone. That is the hospice philosophy. Unfortunately, hospice services continue to be underutilized nationally among various racial-ethnic groups and cultures. While several barriers to utilization have been studied, solutions always include the necessity of more diversity outreach by hospice organizations.Hospice organizations must take proactiveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-39042385904647087582012-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.669-07:00Mother's Day Tribute to Mother Who Died From Alzheimer’s Disease (Video 5:07)This post is dedicated to mothers everywhere, especially those who are living with or who have died from a terminal illness. The accompanying video is by raindancer808 from New Orleans, Louisiana. She honored her mother before she died with this Mother’s Day tribute that her mother never saw. She wrote:“My Mom is in end stage Alzheimer's, and I wanted to do something special for her on Mother's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-87255032766737450622012-04-30T07:51:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.697-07:00Asexual Older Adults (Research, Asexuality Video 8:01)Clara Meadmore, an asexual older adult, was Britain’s oldest virgin at 105 years old. According to an article by Luke Salkeld in Mail Online, Clara credited not having sex as the secret of her longevity. Proud of her innate celibacy, she said she just wasn’t interested in all the “hassle” of having sex. Ironically, while many people wrongly stereotype older adults as being asexual simply Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-28767006053273163262012-04-23T06:29:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.664-07:00Rural vs. Urban End-of-Life Care (Nursing Home Research, Video 1:37)Dying is universal, but what about differences and similarities in end-of-life (EOL) care? Most of my nursing home experiences with hospice care have been in an urban area. I was curious about this University of Rochester, NY research that compared rural and urban end-of-life care in nursing homes.The purpose of this study by the University of Rochester, NY was to examine urban-rural Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73941484882948850.post-41877296752061164662012-04-16T14:27:00.000-07:002012-09-19T21:29:31.672-07:00Parkinson’s Disease: Children’s Views (Video 5:19)Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative nervous system disorder, is common among older adults. Symptoms can include impaired shaking (tremors), walking, movement, and coordination. As with any disease, children are impacted by family members who have it. Having been an educator of students from ages three through eighteen for many years, I know that a quick way for them to believe incorrect Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668589074217542842noreply@blogger.com0