2024-05-02T21:25:13Z http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Hospice_Volunteer&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2010-06-06:523145:Video:320513 2010-06-06T18:14:21.200Z Frances Shani Parker http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/FrancesShaniParker

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/living-colors-poembook-trailer"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969629887?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>“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.<br></br> <br></br> A hospice volunteer, I arrived…

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/living-colors-poembook-trailer"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969629887?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />“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.<br /> <br /> 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."<br /> <br /> Frances Shani Parker, Author<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Dead-Right-Hospice-Volunteer/dp/1932690352/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1198336562&amp;sr=1-1">"Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes”</a><br /> <a href="http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/">“Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog”</a> tag:thebookmarketingnetwork.com,2009-07-24:523145:Video:219191 2009-07-24T06:01:29.488Z Frances Shani Parker http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/FrancesShaniParker

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/video-poem-reflections-of-a"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969616972?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>“Reflections of a Hospice Volunteer” is one of sixteen original poems included at the end of each chapter of my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes." With poems, stories, and general information, this book explores hospice care, urban nursing homes, caregiving, dementia, death preparations, and bereavement.<br></br> <br></br> Dedicated hospice…

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/video-poem-reflections-of-a"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969616972?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />“Reflections of a Hospice Volunteer” is one of sixteen original poems included at the end of each chapter of my book "Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes." With poems, stories, and general information, this book explores hospice care, urban nursing homes, caregiving, dementia, death preparations, and bereavement.<br /> <br /> Dedicated hospice volunteers everywhere enhance quality of life during patients’ final days. This poem expresses the win-win experiences of many volunteers.<br /> <br /> Frances Shani Parker<br /> "Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog"<br /> <a href="http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/">http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/</a>