In The Trenches: Healing people physically and mentally from their homes in the middle of nowhere on the outskirts of nowhere

by Sherri Green Ellerman

Overview

Many people make a home health agency work. There are the social workers who sit behind desks decorated with family photos and computer screens, indirectly making things happen for patients. There are the therapy coordinators. There are the doctors who fill out prescriptions for therapy evaluations. And there are the ladies at the front desk who hand out paychecks every two weeks. To them, patients are simply names on paperwork and voices on phones. They care, but they don't know. They have no idea what it is like to be out there "in the trenches" with patients who invite us occupational therapists into their homes and become real to us as we help and watch them heal, physically and mentally.

Each of these patients had lived full lives prior to their diagnoses and had stories to tell and lessons to share, from which the stories in this book were born. In the Trenches provides a full picture of what truly helps a person heal: knowing that they are seen and heard and realizing they still have something to give to others, even while they fight to heal.

So come with me along those winding back roads and into homes where the real battles are fought and where the true heroes live.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798822902152
Publisher:	Sherri Green Ellerman
Publication date:	09/27/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sherri Ellerman is an occupational therapist who has practiced in various settings, including home health, from where the stories within In the Trenches emerged. She currently works as a PRN OT in a hospital setting. Sherri has had flash fiction stories published in various online magazines as well as in the book Halloween Musings & Amusings: An Anthology of Flash Fiction & Poems. Her essay and podcast, "One," was featured on "This I Believe," and her article "Five Steps to Consider in Romance Fiction" was published at "Write Well, Write to Sell." Sherri also served as flash fiction editor for the online magazine Liquid Imagination. She lives in Louisiana with her husband, who is also an occupational therapist. They have three grown children and enjoy cruising together and camping with their family.