{"id":11300,"date":"2020-11-16T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=11300"},"modified":"2020-12-17T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:12:57","slug":"watch-peas-in-a-pod-daughter-volunteers-at-nursing-home-so-she-can-keep-seeing-her-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/11\/watch-peas-in-a-pod-daughter-volunteers-at-nursing-home-so-she-can-keep-seeing-her-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] &#8216;PEAS IN A POD&#8217; Daughter Volunteers At Nursing Home So She Can Keep Seeing Her Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>49-year-old Nina Ambrose was devastated when lockdown rules meant she couldn\u2019t visit her father Roger, whose 77, who moved into a nursing home in January.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>So when she was laid off, \u00a0the applied to volunteer as an activities and events coordinator at her fathers nursing home where he stays because he suffers from alzeimers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Shes been there Since April!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Nina is enjoying her new role so much, in fact, that she\u2019s considering a new career in caring.\u00a0\u201cI love it,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cIt makes the residents so happy, when I go in, they start clapping and saying, \u2018sing sing\u2019, and they remember all the old songs.\u00a0Music has such a big impact on people with dementia.\u00a0It\u2019s been a massive game changer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have considered doing this job before, but this has absolutely inspired me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>She documents Roger\u2019s journey through illness on her Instagram page @rantsandbigpants to help others in similar situations. Her big hope is that others will realize being diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s \u201cdoesn\u2019t have to be all doom and gloom:\u00a0You can tap into what made people happy and the activities they once enjoyed at whatever level they can enjoy them now.\u00a0I tell Dad the same joke every week and he laughs his head off.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9MnlEE7j_D0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"49-year-old Nina Ambrose was devastated when lockdown rules meant she couldn\u2019t visit her father Roger, whose 77, who moved into a nursing home in January. 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