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    Alive Inside

    APRIL 10, 2012 4:15PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: awakenings, dr. oliver sacks, alzheimer's association, nursing home, pbs, out of my dreams, oscar hammerstein, documentary, rubin museum of art, alzheimer's, ipods, music

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    The Ghost in My Phone

    JANUARY 10, 2012 9:34AM

    By Elizabeth Blessing


    Topics: potassium, salt, caregiving, mamacita, family, nursing home, hospital, phone, ghosts

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 556 Views
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    Time for an Intervention

    NOVEMBER 13, 2011 6:25PM

    By Kellie Wardman


    Topics: diabetes, insulin, health, wellness, family, meds, medications, nursing home

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 1678 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Fugue

    JULY 26, 2011 12:14PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: dissociation, mental illness, nursing home, opera, animals, cookies, ice cream, love

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    • 28 Ratings
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    Who Cares For The Caregiver?

    FEBRUARY 17, 2011 11:53PM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: health, family, aging parents, old parents, parents, sandwich generation, nursing home, old age, caregivers, caregving

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    • 814 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Three Wooden Ducks

    JULY 14, 2010 10:51PM

    By Amy A


    Topics: 1977, death, grandmother, nursing home, piano

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    Love and Dehydration

    DECEMBER 3, 2008 7:39AM

    By Faith Paulsen


    Topics: open call, love story, dehydration, aging, parents, nursing home, family, getting old stinks, thanksgiving

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