Karin’s Reflection I met Joanna Overn on her birthday June 8th 2013. A friend of hers had brought her to a party at Hope & A Future. This was on the occasion of our monthly potluck and house concert. The friend told us Joanna would no longer be able to live on her own and he was looking for help from me. I am an RN that went into nursing 38 years ago with the hope of developing better services and living situations for frail seniors. For the past 15 years, I had been living with seniors and providing...
Ruthie’s Reflection There have been many changes in the clientele at Hope & A Future in the last couple of months. Transition to a new environment can be incredibly stressful and difficult for anyone, and seniors in need of care go through the same stresses and difficulties as anyone else when it is time to move. Sometimes we have people coming to live at Hope & A Future who are leaving homes they’ve lived in for several years – staff and residents included. This is the case with one of our new residents. The decision to move was one...