{"id":4382,"date":"2014-02-15T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T16:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2017-09-20T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T18:12:04","slug":"2014-home-care-scholarship-entry-by-alexandra-ashbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d30braiqprupoq.cloudfront.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/2014-home-care-scholarship-entry-by-alexandra-ashbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Home Care Scholarship Entry by Alexandra Ashbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"media-wrap full-width-detail\"><\/figure>\n<article id=\"4323\" class=\"post-4323 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-scholarship category-uncategorized tag-in-home-care-2 tag-scholarship clearfix span8\">\n<div class=\"page-content clearfix\">\n<section class=\"article-body-wrap\">\n<div class=\"body-text clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"media-wrap full-width-detail\"><\/figure>\n<article id=\"4279\" class=\"post-4279 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-scholarship tag-in-home-care-2 tag-scholarship clearfix span8\">\n<div class=\"page-content clearfix\">\n<section class=\"article-body-wrap\">\n<div class=\"body-text clearfix\">\n<p><em><strong>About the SeniorAdvisor.com 2014 In-Home Innovation Scholarship:<\/strong> We started the scholarship program to\u00a0bring awareness of the unique benefits and challenges of in-home caregiving for seniors to younger generations. The questions posed by the scholarship encouraged\u00a0our nation\u2019s future caregivers to present solutions for improving home care in the United States. College-aged students were required to answer one of the three essay topics below and provide a short bio as part of their scholarship application.\u00a0Read the winning essays <a title=\"Home Care Scholarship Winners\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senioradvisor.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/announcing-the-winners-of-the-senioradvisor-com-2014-home-care-scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>How can your major of study improve the lives of seniors receiving in-home care services?<\/h1>\n<p><em><strong>Essay response by Alexandria Ashbaugh, Bethel University<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a person who has participated in the in-home care of a loved one, I feel very strongly about care for seniors and the elderly. \u00a0In our culture that so values youth and vitality, I believe seniors and the valuable contributions they make to our society have become an afterthought or forgotten entirely. \u00a0That needs to change and that is why I am choosing to go into the field of Physical Therapy. \u00a0I want to work in conjunction with doctors, occupational therapists, dieticians, and other medical professionals to improve the lives of people everywhere \u2013 regardless of age.<\/p>\n<p>I was given the honor of caring for my Grandmother following the death of my Grandfather in 2010 when my family moved in to live with her. \u00a0\u00a0While perhaps the care became tedious at times when her cane fell and I had to pick it up repeatedly in one day or when she wasn\u2019t strong enough to lift the milk gallon to pour on her cereal, the life lessons she taught me about faith, hard work, and selflessness continue to stick with me today. \u00a0The quiet times where we would talk together in her office were well worth the little everyday tasks she needed help with. \u00a0It was during these times that my Gramma instilled in me a love for medicine and health.<\/p>\n<p>My Gramma was a nurse back in the fifties, and then went on to become a successful business woman, owner of several nursing homes, and an expert witness in cases of nursing home neglect. \u00a0She even served on a panel of experts during the Clinton Administration while talks of healthcare overhauls were on everyone\u2019s minds. \u00a0She always fought for the elderly, a \u201cwonderful but vulnerable population\u201d she called them. \u00a0While she was quite successful in her lifetime, she always used her success and prestige to better the lives of those around her \u2013 especially seniors. \u00a0She has truly interested me in improving the lives of people everywhere, including seniors \u2013 people who have contributed in such great ways to us and now need a little more help in their older years.<\/p>\n<p>From these talks with my Gramma I discovered our similar interests and I decided to become a Physical therapist. \u00a0Having seen much of the medical world in my short, 20 year life, I have come to the conclusion that people receive the best healthcare when medical professionals of all fields work together in a complimentary, holistic approach to the individual\u2019s wellness. \u00a0In the case of my Grandma recovering from a surgery to remove a brain tumor (she was a strong woman to live through that one!), her doctors worked closely with physical and occupational therapists to help reteach her body to get in and out of cars, to tie her shoes, to grasp a fork, and to chew with her mouth closed. \u00a0These seem like such trivial tasks, but they gave her back pride, dignity, and independence. \u00a0These are the sorts of things I can contribute as a Physical therapist to in-home care providers. \u00a0Physical therapists can have a unique relationship with the in-home care provider \u2013 one in which the physical, mental, and emotional welfare of the senior is the utmost goal. \u00a0I want to help be that life-giving force that facilitates healing both physically, mentally, and emotionally in people\u2019s lives. \u00a0I want to give mobility back to the immobile, to give hope back to the hopeless, and to give independence back to the dependent. \u00a0I believe that through healing the physical, I can touch the emotional. \u00a0And all throughout the rehabilitative process I want to love on people, showing them that they are valued and important \u2013 not just a patient on my list of to-do\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever my career outcomes, I know I want to help people young and old in any way possible. \u00a0There is no other career goal more fulfilling. \u00a0As a physical therapist, I will be able to reach that goal by serving people. \u00a0I cannot imagine a way in which I would honor my Grandmother more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>About Alexandra<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexandra is an Athletic Training, Pre- Physical Therapy Major at Bethel University in St. Paul, 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