Losing your mind: Alzheimer’s for the left behind

Questions about Alzheimer’s and learning to live with a patient.

The shaping of Susan Fisher’s life and her empathetic past.

Conducted in Santa Cruz, California, student Kayla Penny (age 15) interviews Susan Fisher (age 45) about a childhood story and the effect it had on Susan’s future. Fisher shares her story of dealing with individuals troubled with mental health such...

Interview with Myra Blundetto on the Triumphs and Tribulations of Her Life

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Lafayette, NJ, Myra is discussing her memories from her childhood and how her life changed once meeting her husband Carmen. She talks about the struggles of being financially unstable in her childhood,...

Amber Moody & Kelly Corcoran

Amber, a palliative care nurse, and Kelly, Chief Mission Officer are the boots-on-the-ground team for a tele-palliative care team in rural Stevens County, Washington. Without the remote capabilities of the team, many patients seeking palliative care would need to travel...

The greatest Grandma

My grandma explaining how she took care eif me and my sisters when our mother left us

New Career on the Horizon

Newly minted CNA’s discuss their shared class and clinical experiences

Speaking with Michelle

My grandmother had a stroke 14 years ago and is paralyzed on her left side. Michelle is her live-in caretaker and helps my grandmother perform daily functions. She grew up in South Africa and came to the United States in...

Mrs.Sams mom

This is about Peer counseling teacher Mrs.Sams mom who recently passed. I wanted to hear more about her because Sams tells so many adorable stories of her in class.

Christi Carzoli: A mother’s perspective on Drunk Driving

My name is Luis Cardenas (24) and I had the opportunity to interview a close friend of mine, Christi Carzoli (29) about her experience in volunteering for MADD, a nonprofit organization that helps preventing DUI incidents among the youth and...

Rough Times

I interviewed my cousin about some hard experiences

Kathy Edge and Stacie Clark

Stacie shares about how her role as the Clinical Community Liaison at Providence hospice helps foster teamwork and care for patients. She shares her admiration for the sacrifices, creativity nd deep care she has witnesses in caregivers working in facilities...

Aunt Jeanne through Nursing

I decided to interview my Aunt Jeanne and talk about her career in nursing.

Dr. Glen Komatsu & Rayna Oliver

Dr. Komatsu talks about the importance of listening in healthcare. The first step to providing good healthcare is listening to the patient before deciding on a treatment plan. Another step to providing good healthcare is to involve the patient in...

An Alzheimer’s Thanksgiving

In this interview I reflected on the past year and a half since the diagnosis of my father’s Alzheimer’s. It’s just me with some thoughts about the judgements people make about the way my family has attempted to navigate how...

Ashly Gonzales

Ashly Gonzales (right) tells her story of being a caregiver for her husband, Manuel Rivera, whom had an accident at work which resulted in a case of epilepsy. She speaks of the struggles of taking care of a loved one...

Donna Ford talks about her career and passion

In this interview, Donna Ford and her daughter Allison Ford sit down at their house in Tustin California on the night of April 22nd 2019. They discuss Donna’s fulfilling career as a manger of a Postpartum Doula team. Donna describes...