David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee.
The philosophy of hospice care is to celebrate life, not death. Yet, as COVID-19 took an enormous toll on Americans, things changed drastically.
Social isolation restricted many loved ones ability to be with patients who yearned for their company.
Kimberly Goessele, president and CEO of Alive Hospice, said she remembers that fear and uncertainty at the start of the pandemic in early 2020 changed the energy of the room.
About 14 months later, knowledge has grown, vaccines are available and there is a gradual return to a sense of normalcy, Goessele told me on this episode of the Tennessee Voices podcast.
Family of Nashville s first female bus driver honors her legacy after she passed due to COVID
The family of Nashville s first female bus driver honor her memory.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â For people who have lost someone to the virus grief and healing are particularly hard during a pandemic.
One of the victims of the virus was Nashvilleâs first female bus driver who had a huge impact on her family and community.
72-year-old Elizabeth Duff went from being told as a little girl she couldnât ride in the front of the bus; due to segregation to taking the head seat of the bus in the 70s.