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“Living Colors” Poem-Book Trailer for "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes"

“Living Colors,” a poem from my nonfiction book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes," was inspired by one of my hospice patients who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor eyesight. My patient needed assistance to eat, but there was a staff shortage that day. Using her fingers, she started feeding herself.

A hospice volunteer, I arrived to find her with food smeared around her mouth. After wondering what that experience might have been like for her, I wrote "Living Colors."

Frances Shani Parker, Author
"Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes”
“Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog”