Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living
Working in senior care isn't for everyone. It isn't even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness. After graduating from university in Vancouver, Canada, Kevin Donner followed his high school sweetheart to Australia and the United States as she pursued her dream of medical school. Over the years that follow, each move forces Donner to find a new job and a new sense of purpose. He'll find that job at Gleeful Meadows Assisted Living Facility. His new purpose? That won't take long. "Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living" shows the daily physical and emotional needs of the residents, but more importantly, explores the varying stages of life familiar to so many of us. Donner will fumble and stumble upon his own passion for working with, and for, this often undervalued and ignored demographic. A true celebration of life, Donner's memoir reminds us that more often than not, we don't pick our passions in life, they pick us.
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Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living
Working in senior care isn't for everyone. It isn't even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness. After graduating from university in Vancouver, Canada, Kevin Donner followed his high school sweetheart to Australia and the United States as she pursued her dream of medical school. Over the years that follow, each move forces Donner to find a new job and a new sense of purpose. He'll find that job at Gleeful Meadows Assisted Living Facility. His new purpose? That won't take long. "Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living" shows the daily physical and emotional needs of the residents, but more importantly, explores the varying stages of life familiar to so many of us. Donner will fumble and stumble upon his own passion for working with, and for, this often undervalued and ignored demographic. A true celebration of life, Donner's memoir reminds us that more often than not, we don't pick our passions in life, they pick us.
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Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living

Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living

by Kevin Donner
Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living

Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living

by Kevin Donner

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Overview

Working in senior care isn't for everyone. It isn't even for most. But for those rare few who find their passion in this multifaceted industry, the sense of job and life satisfaction are limitless. So too, however, can be the pervasive sense of loss and hopelessness. After graduating from university in Vancouver, Canada, Kevin Donner followed his high school sweetheart to Australia and the United States as she pursued her dream of medical school. Over the years that follow, each move forces Donner to find a new job and a new sense of purpose. He'll find that job at Gleeful Meadows Assisted Living Facility. His new purpose? That won't take long. "Poopy Fingers: One Person's Account of Working in the Delightfully Strange World of Assisted Living" shows the daily physical and emotional needs of the residents, but more importantly, explores the varying stages of life familiar to so many of us. Donner will fumble and stumble upon his own passion for working with, and for, this often undervalued and ignored demographic. A true celebration of life, Donner's memoir reminds us that more often than not, we don't pick our passions in life, they pick us.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780578930633
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication date: 12/04/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 250
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Kevin Donner is a screenwriter, cat lover, and pretty nice dude from Vancouver, Canada. He received his Master's of Professional Writing in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Bellingham, Washington.

He's lived in lots of places, had lots of jobs, and done lots of things. But his most proud achievements are being a husband and a stay-at-home dad to three amazing kids.

Table of Contents

Chapter 0 Rediscovering the Most Wonderfully Heartbreaking Year of My Life 5

Chapter 1 Oh, to Be Young Again 9

Chapter 2 Some Then and Now 25

Chapter 3 My Favorite Lie 33

Chapter 4 Answers in the Trash 55

Chapter 5 Deck of Cards 77

Chapter 6 Interlopers 91

Chapter 7 The Gospel of Mildred 109

Chapter 8 Laughter and Tears 131

Chapter 9 Mixed Nuts 150

Chapter 10 The Storm 166

Chapter 11 Family 182

Chapter 12 Death 206

Chapter 13 Birth 230

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