by carmelitep | Feb 14, 2018 | Carmelite Palliative Care
Picture this: a resident of a nursing home is no longer able to speak, yet he wears a mask of complacency because of Parkinson’s disease. He finds out that his brother, who lives in another state, died the previous week. The resident seems outwardly peaceful to the...
by carmelitep | Jun 14, 2017 | Carmelite Palliative Care, Interview, St. Patrick's Manor
Recently, Stacey Sumereau of the Avila Institute of Gerontology interviewed Sr. Maureen McDonough, Administrator, and Geri Gracey, Clinical Instructor, at St. Patrick’s Manor in Framingham, Massachusetts. St. Patrick’s Manor is one of the six pilot homes where the...
by carmelitep | May 26, 2017 | Carmelite Palliative Care, palliative care video, St. Patrick's Manor
On December 13, 2016, five people loaded up a car in the freezing December weather and trekked from New York to Framingham, MA, to encounter and document the groundbreaking Carmelite Palliative Care Program at St. Patrick’s Manor. Since 2012, this unique Program has...
