2024-05-01T00:23:43Z http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Staff_Shortage&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,2009-08-06:523145:Video:221415 2009-08-06T06:17:52.503Z Frances Shani Parker http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/profile/FrancesShaniParker

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/nursing-home-video-poem-living"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969618705?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>“Living Colors” was inspired by one of my hospice patients who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor eyesight. More sight problems could be corrected if residents received vision care regularly. My patient needed assistance to eat, but there was a staff shortage that day. Staff shortages in nursing homes negatively impact many patients. Using her fingers, my patient started…

<a href="http://thebookmarketingnetwork.com/video/nursing-home-video-poem-living"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2969618705?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />“Living Colors” was inspired by one of my hospice patients who had Alzheimer’s disease and poor eyesight. More sight problems could be corrected if residents received vision care regularly. My patient needed assistance to eat, but there was a staff shortage that day. Staff shortages in nursing homes negatively impact many patients. Using her fingers, my patient started feeding herself. 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<br /> Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog<br /> <a href="http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/">http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/</a>