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An act of love. (nursing home patient and daughter)
The ambulance and small car arrived simultaneously at the serenely landscaped nursing home. Attendants moved quickly and efficiently to remove the stretcher bearing the elderly lady from the vehicle.
The young woman from the accompanying car walked behind the gurney as the attendants made their way through the lobby and down the long hall to room 122. She walked a bit stiffly, and her hands clenched spasmodically.
Settling into the older woman's room was too easy. A few belongings and few memories made the transition complete. Photographs of the grandchildren, a small television from home, a favorite afghan, and a bouquet of brightly-colored flowers did not make this room home.
Why did this happen? How could such a previously active woman face what lay ahead? Her world had changed, and she had not a voice in it.
The tired gay eyes no longer sparkled. The face that could shine with such joy no longer had any emotion.
Cool green walls, brightly-colored draperies, the sound of a familiar soap opera, and the compassionate-faced nurses did little to free the younger woman of her own pain and guilt.
Before her lay the woman who raised, cared for, and loved her. Born late in life, ...
- Mothers' rooms ease transition back to work.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 24, 2002 700+ words
...express milk during breaks and to provide a room in which breastfeeding mothers can express milk in a safe and sanitary...breastfeeding classes. Whether the designated room is called a Lactation Center or Mothers' Room, "it's essential for all employers...
- Mothers' rooms ease transition back to work.(Chicago Tribune)
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kleiman, Carol June 25, 2002 700+ words
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...had reported that the mother had been in during that...members thought that the mother may have taken the infant...corridors, waiting rooms, the parking lot, and...and went to the waiting room. A woman they thought...took the infant and mother into the treatment area...
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- My mother's living room.
- Magazine article from: The Antioch Review Harris, Daniel March 22, 1995 700+ words
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- FEATURE/Mother Nature sets room rates for Inns By The Sea.
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 25, 1995 700+ words
...There may be no fooling Mother Nature, but she's unknowingly setting the room rates for a local group...be just the opposite. Room rates will be based on...phone number to reserve a room at any of nine inns...433-4732 and ask for Mother Nature. CONTACT: Inns...
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- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) June 2, 2006 700+ words
...Fletcher's 17-year-old son is under arrest, turned in by the sheriff himself after the teen's mother allegedly found cocaine in his room. Fletcher ordered Kyle Robert Fletcher arrested after his ex-wife discovered a white powdery substance...
- Maryland law firms making room for mothers.
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...of the firm's wellness room, a tucked-away room with low lighting, a recliner...Bray Chanow said. A nursing mother will feel more comfortable...stressed that the wellness room is not just for nursing mothers; workers who are not feeling...
- Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird and the Room Mother.(Brief Article)(Children's...
- Magazine article from: Booklist Rochman, Hazel March 1, 2005 700+ words
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