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Health Finalists: Susan Beeney | Theresa J. Marino Deboria "Debbie" Sutton has been a Red Cross volunteer for seven years.
TOPPENISH -- When a nurse plunges the first syringe of chemotherapy drugs into a port beneath the skin on his chest, Isaac Cano barely notices. He's too busy watching cartoons. It'll help me feel better," 6-year-old Isaac says about the medicine. "Then I can play outside in the wind.
Culture challenge of the week: Comfort care You've probably never heard of Don Holley. But you should know his name - and you should know how his family said he died: in a San Francisco hospital at the hands of medical staff using a procedure called "comfort care.
WATERVILLE -- Susan D. Giguere, president and CEO of Care & Comfort, a statewide home health care, mental health care and home modification specialist agency, announced that Carol Davis has been promoted to billing manager. Davis will oversee all billing operations for the company's three divisions. Davis, who has been in the home health field for 14 years, joined Care & Comfort in 2000 as a staffing coordinator and later became a staffing supervisor and home health program manager.
WATERVILLE -- Susan D. Giguere, president and CEO of Care & Comfort, a statewide home health and mental health care agency, announces that Melissa Curtis has been hired as the human resources supervisor for their Waterville and Wilton offices. Curtis will be responsible for human resources activities, including recruiting, hiring and training applicants, and will be a community liaison for Care & Comfort.
ST. LOUIS - The elderly man, blind and nearly deaf, was confined to bed in the last days of his life. A hospice chaplain learned from a family member that the man enjoyed jazz. The chaplain played a jazz CD, turned up loud, right next to the man's bed. He smiled and began moving his hand in time to the music.
WATERVILLE -- Jane M. Franchetti, RN, has been named assistant director of nursing for Care & Comfort, a statewide home health and mental health care agency. Susan D. Giguere, president/CEO of the company, announced the appointment of the Wilton resident. Franchetti will assist Nancy Ward, director of nursing, in administration and conduct nursing visits. Franchetti, who has been in the nursing field for 15 years, previously worked in numerous departments at Franklin Memorial Hospital, and as an occupational health nurse for Verso Paper Co.
This isn't your grandmother's nursing home. Or your grandfather's. The area's newest long-term care facility doesn't have any living units named 3 West or 2 North.
Every year on their birthdays, my good friend Cris would tell each of her daughters the story of the day they were born. It was a tradition started by Cris' father, who faithfully called every year on her birthday to share the story of the day she was born.
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