Robin Gilman has been working as a licensed nurse assistant at Rutland's Eden Park nursing home for 15 years. That's forever in her line of work. When you see advertisements for Burger King and McDonalds. You can flip burgers for the same price as a license. And you've killed a half hour right there, could have been patient care .
Every minute goes.
Gilman enters the community room and approaches a cluster of ladies in wheelchairs. She bends down to talk to them and gently clasps the hand of the woman nearest her. She knows each resident by name, knows their background and remembers the names of their children and grandchildren. Mildred used to be a teacher and she taught my husband and his brother how to type. And Viva Ide here used to be a nurse. . . .