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Nov 8, 2020
2 min

The Extras

I was visiting with a friend who lives at the retirement village where I work. We were chatting about family and the food here etc. Then...

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Susan Hunt

Oct 18, 2020
2 min

Off Topic

My daughter who lives in NY works at a big company in the city. Back in March or so they closed up the offices and sent everyone home to...

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Susan Hunt

Oct 18, 2020
2 min

It's not time to relax.

Life is getting a little too relaxed again. I just heard about a wedding on the North Shore that is going to happen in another month...

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Susan Hunt

Sep 1, 2020
2 min

Coronavirus fatigue

It's September and we are in the throws of Coronavirus still. The retirement home where I work is still checking our temperatures and...

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Susan Hunt

Apr 19, 2020
1 min

Week 6

Still in Covid Country. Now at least the front desk is telling us, the caregivers, that there were two confirmed cases in the building....

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Susan Hunt

Mar 22, 2020
2 min

Been a while, but I'm back

So we are now in the middle of the Coronavirus, Covid 19, Wuhan Flu, Wu Flu, here in Massachusetts. Not fun. I am still working at the...

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Susan Hunt

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

We track everything...

I have written before that a lot of my job is managing bowel movements, hence the need for a shit sheet. Sometimes we are asked to keep...

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Susan Hunt

Sep 12, 2019
2 min

Say it ain't so, the NYT article

On September 1 there was an article in the NYT about caregivers. It made me furious for sooooo many reasons. Don't know where to start....

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Susan Hunt

Jul 29, 2019
1 min

The Gloria Chronicles #4

So Gloria called me the other day and we chatted. It seems she has found the perfect memory care unit for her mother. It met all of her...

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Susan Hunt

Jul 29, 2019
2 min

Say what?

I wish these stories wouldn't make me chuckle so, dementia is nothing to laugh at but sometimes I just have to LOL. Every year schools...

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Susan Hunt

Jul 21, 2019
2 min

Bathroom trips

Once again I am having this conversation. I am with a person who has become increasingly immobile. She doesn't want to get up any more to...

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Susan Hunt

May 19, 2019
2 min

When heaven opens it's doors so go the windows.

I'm either helping them live or helping them die. That's my job. After 20 years in this business and countless hospice patients I have...

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Susan Hunt

Apr 18, 2019
2 min

Gloria Chronicles 3

So Gloria called me the other day and we chatted. She wanted to up date me on the news of her mother. As it turned out the woman from...

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Susan Hunt

Apr 1, 2019
2 min

The Gloria Chronicles 2

So Gloria called me the other day and we chatted. She was telling me that she has found this fantastic apartment with two bedrooms, two...

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Susan Hunt

Mar 25, 2019
2 min

Beware of "10 years experience"

This industry is largely unregulated. If you know someone or someone at an agency then you have a job. It doesn't take much to take care...

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Susan Hunt

Mar 18, 2019
2 min

Getting Along

I work for an agency and also independently. I've been at this long enough that I now "know people". I prefer the Agency because it's all...

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Susan Hunt

Mar 10, 2019
3 min

The Gloria Chronicles 1

Was talking to a friend the other day. She is trying to find a suitable and safe living situation for her mother that won't be...

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Susan Hunt

Feb 24, 2019
2 min

Book Shelf

Atul Gawande, MD wrote a fantastic book called "Being Mortal". It ponders all sorts of aging situations and their medical predicaments. ...

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Susan Hunt

Feb 11, 2019
2 min

Mental health checkups should be mandatory.

Mental health is the silent tool. I honestly and firmly believe that all caregivers should be given a mental health check up regularly....

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Susan Hunt

Feb 4, 2019
2 min

To Panic Button or Not?

A friend of mine, not much older than I, was out walking on a side walk. She was hurrying to get to a restaurant where she was late. With...

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