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Hoarders: Who? Why? How? (Blog Video 3:39)

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MARCH 1, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Hospice Volunteer Meets Patient Living With Dementia

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MAY 1, 2022

Henrietta was going to be my new hospice patient, my first at this particular nursing home. Later, she would become my first patient whose health improved so much she was discharged from hospice care. For now, she knew nothing about me, including the fact that I was coming that day to serve as her hospice volunteer.

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Nursing Home Mealtimes With Dementia

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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?"

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School-Nursing Home Partnerships (Service-Learning, Dementia)

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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.

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The Georgia Mass Choir - Come On In The Room

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

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Alzheimer's Dementia Reflections (Video 4:44)

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DECEMBER 4, 2022

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers. Visit Frances Shani Parker's Website.

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"Missing" - An Older Adult, Loneliness Poem

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JUNE 29, 2022

Missing” is one of sixteen original poems at the end of each chapter in Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. A hospice volunteer, I wrote it after witnessing the sadness of lonely nursing home residents who were missing the missing.

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Dying: Being in Control (Research, Hospice Story)

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Because I have been a hospice volunteer many years, people sometimes assume that my patients and I talk about death a lot. S ome people also assume my volunteer visits must be depressing because no one really wants to die. There are three other ladies in this nursing home who are older than that.

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Black Children and Healthcare Disparities (Video 2:48)

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JULY 5, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers. Visit my website at www.francesshaniparker.com.

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Dementia Violence in Healthcare

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JULY 31, 2022

As a hospice volunteer in Detroit, Michigan nursing homes, I viewed dementia as a fluttering bee. There were times when nursing home residents with dementia were rude or violent. I have seen a resident slap a nurse assistant (CNA) in the face with such force I thought she would fall over.

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Pandemic Hope and Healing (Video 2:29)

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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End-of-Life Dreams and Visions (ELDVs)

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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?” One is a hundred five.

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Spirituality, Cancer, and Aging

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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A Great-Grandmother Who Listened

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AUGUST 31, 2020

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Older Adults and Robotic Dogs: Meet Aibo

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

"Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link].

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Body Disposal, Funeral (Video 5:45)

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JULY 1, 2020

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Ancestor Tribute: Hospice, Dementia Poem

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

A hospice volunteer, I admired her brown, wrinkled hands often when I visited her weekly at a Detroit, Michigan nursing home. A hospice volunteer, I lean closer, talk into your listening left ear. Visit Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog and Frances Shani Parker's Website.

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Can Volunteer Service Choose You?

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APRIL 5, 2021

I have been a hospice volunteer for twenty years, most of them in urban nursing homes. Once in high school as part of a school club, I visited a nursing home where I fed a woman jello. Once in high school as part of a school club, I visited a nursing home where I fed a woman jello.

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Is Death Often More Pleasant Than We Imagine? (Research, Good Death Video 2:49)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Interesting results of these studies are the following: The first study revealed that blog posts of near-death patients with cancer and sclerosis were more positive and less negative than the simulated blog posts of non-patients. In addition, the patients' blog posts became more positive as death neared.

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Empathy in Healthcare

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

Frances Shani Parker is author of Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers. Her blog is Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Poem for Older Adult Senior Communities

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MAY 5, 2020

Frances Shani Parker Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Old Love Wedding Anniversary Quarantined by Coronavirus (Video 2:30)

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JUNE 3, 2020

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Caregiver Abuse and Solutions

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MARCH 6, 2022

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes i s available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers. Visit Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog and Frances Shani Parker's Website.

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Are You Asking People to Tell You Your Name?

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AUGUST 31, 2021

As a hospice volunteer over 20 years mostly in Detroit nursing homes, I have learned there is no one way of handling dementia issues. When each visit ended, we BOTH had created more wonderful memories of our special time together at the nursing home. Can we all just get along and lighten up?

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Staff Bullies in Older Adult Senior Living Communities: Anti-Bullying Culture

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AUGUST 2, 2020

You can view more helpful information including research and a video on senior bullying at my blog post titled "Older Adult Senior Bullying: No Home Sweet Home." My LinkedIn article titled "Bullying Solutions in Older Adult Senior Communities" is another source of information.

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Cremation Pros and Cons

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MAY 3, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and e-book editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Kinship Care: What is it?

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JANUARY 3, 2022

He was admitted immediately and later placed with other AIDS patients in an isolated section of a nursing home. Visit Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog and Frances Shani Parker's Website. Based on his appearance and actions, I suspected Jake had AIDS. I drove him and the "invisibles" to the hospital.

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Do You Believe in Cancer and Coronavirus Miracles? Here's research.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a hospice volunteer, I noticed that many patients held strong beliefs about miracles that were important to them when making decisions about their health care. Frances Shani Parker's Website Frances Shani Parker, Author "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link].

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Life After Death Dementia Story

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AUGUST 1, 2021

This true story is from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. When Mamie Wilson (pseudonym) became my hospice patient, she had several unusual qualities that made me wonder. She had the same name as my grandmother, and I had her grandmother's name.

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Dying in Control (Research, Hospice Story)

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JUNE 30, 2022

Because I have been a hospice volunteer many years, people sometimes assume that my patients and I talk about death a lot. Some people also assume my volunteer visits must be depressing because no one really wants to die. There are three other ladies in this nursing home who are older than that. Wrong again.

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Personal and Family Caregiving Issues

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JANUARY 10, 2021

During my years as a hospice volunteer, I have spoken to many caregivers. These are three examples from my book Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes. Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes" [link] Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog [link].

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Becoming Dead Right in 10 Steps

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

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Sexuality, Healthcare, and Older Adults (Video 3:24)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and ebook editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers.

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Asexuality Among the Old and Young (Video 4:55)

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JULY 12, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback and ebook editions in America and other countries at online and offline booksellers. Visit my website at [link].

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Male Caregiver Interview: Frances Shani Parker and Frank Gasiorek

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JUNE 13, 2021

Frances Shani Parker, Author Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes is available in paperback at many booksellers in America and other countries and in paperback and e-book forms at Amazon booksellers. Visit my website at www.francesshaniparker.com.

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