Ode to Janice Nelson

This month, January, a long-time resident that I have renamed Janice Nelson passed away. She had lived in the Hospice and Rehab Center (the Health Center or HC) in the retirement community in which I work as a server. She had been with us since before I was hired back in April 2017. She was a…

Ode to Ms. Kitty

On the first of January, one of the residents at my work that we called Kitty passed away at the hospital. She had lived in the Hospice and Rehab Center (the Health Center or HC) in the retirement community in which I work as a server. She was so funny and social during her stay…

Ode to Janice Smart

A woman that I will call Janine Smart passed away this November. She had lived in the Hospice and Rehab Center (the Health Center or HC) in the retirement community, in which I work as a server, since before I was hired. Her daughter would visit her every single day. She rarely didn't show up…

Ode to Ms. Stone

One day after Christmas, a resident (that I will rename Ms. Stone) passed away. She had lived in the Hospice and Rehab Center (the Health Center or HC) in the retirement community in which I work as a server. Her name was sadly ironic, something related to cemeteries, which was amusing yet tragic. She had…

Ode to Jim Dull

On Christmas Eve, a resident (that I will rename Jim Dull) passed away. He had lived in the Hospice and Rehab Center (the Health Center or HC) in the retirement community in which I work as a server since I was first hired in April 2017. He was a funny man indeed. My first encounter…

Ode to Janine Cost

Janine Cost (a pseudonym I created to respect the real person's identity) was a woman of 100 years old in the Rehab and Hospice Center (Health Center) at the Retirement Community in California that I work for. When I began working in the Health Center (HC) in March 2017, Janine was only 99 years old…