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Dana Alostath

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Sundale Nursing Home Event

My home country is Kuwait where mother’s day is usually celebrated on 21st march each year. All Students from Kuwait at WVU decided to visit the Sundale Nursing home to present some gifts to all women living there and talk time with them. This move aimed at showing unconditional love to the women at the nursing home so that they feel they are still important people in the society, even when they are receiving medical care. Sundale Nursing Home is a place for elderly people who are injured or need care. The patients at Sundale Nursing Home need people to visit them and talk to them about pleasant things in life in order for them to feel loved and appreciated, even when they are in a nursing care unit. I wished to have spare time and talk to Vincent DelaGarza, who is a medical director associate at WVU. But I could not because he was not available. I Spoke with one of the nurses and asked her a few questions. Her name was Dayan, she said that some of the patients are able to walk and do their own things without any help from the nurses and they sometimes help them take care of other patients. In addition, she also informed me, that each floor they have enough nurses to take care of the patients and they never feel like they need more help with the patients. Dayan explained to me that they have a schedule full of activates for each day for example the day we went to Sundale was Bingo day; we played Bingo with them and we talked with them about so many things. Barbra her nick name is ‘Barbie’ was one of the patients who told us a lot about her and how she liked meeting new people and she would love to have us come visiting her again and spend time with her and her friends. This is the main reason I wished to interview Dr. Vincent so that he explains to me vividly about what goes on and what it takes for a person to provide services to the elderly to the extent that they are satisfied. It was a great event and experience. We had pleasant memories, I will never forget. Dayan encouraged us to come and visit them often, show them love and support and talk to them because they need people to talk to.

INSTRUCTIONS

*You will need to quote at least two people in this story. You will also need to add to this story to get it to the 400 words it must be for the story. 

News story/press release requirements

· At least 400 words

· At least two sources/people you’ve interviewed at the event (both must be quoted in your news story or press release)

· Double spaced

· Name at the top

· Also include whether you decided to do a press release or news story at the top

Correct spelling/grammar/AP style

EXAMPLE FOR Quoting and how you should quote !!

How it currently reads: Kimberly was asked why there was not enough parking or a bigger parking in the downtown area, to which she responded that garages were very expensive to build, to the tune of $15000 per space. She also said that it was a problem as there was no space for more parking. What is should be: Hartsell said parking garages are very expensive to build. On average, garages cost $15,000 per space, she added. “It was a problem as there was no space for more parking,” Hartsell said.

You need to quote two people and to make it easy for you these are the two people that you can quote please follow the example of how to quote.

1-quote the the nurse Dayan

2-Barba “Barbie” you can also quote her