I spent my growing up years, through college, living around an environment of caring for the elderly. My grandparents were administrators of a county nursing home, with my grandmother working as head nurse. I would often accompany her an her “rounds” and from a very young age became inspired by the care and nurture displayed by my grandmother to women and men who resided in this home. My grandmparents had been working as administrators of homes for the poor for a time before I was even born.
My mother was also trained as a nurse and I ended up working my way through college and some beyond as a certified nurses assistant in a nursing home, often volunteering to work holidays so that other health care professionals could have the time off with their families.
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Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 