Bella Biondini = Anchorage Daily News, Alaska
Feb. 15—Jennifer Pierce rapped on the mobile home’s front door. The man who ushered her inside had called 911 for his brother the night prior for a suspected stroke. Pierce, a mental health clinician with the Anchorage Fire Department, had returned on Wednesday to check on the family left behind.
A woman in her 90s sat in a rocking chair in the living room with a blanket in her lap. Pierce kneeled down to address her: Who had been doing the cooking? Had she seen a primary care doctor recently? Was her breathing machine cleaned regularly?…