Love & Toughness: For Nurses In Elder Care Homes, The Job Is Taxing, But the Rewards Are Worth It

After 25 years as a nursing home administrator, Joan Robbins said it only gets harder.

Robbins oversees a team of nurses at Briarwood Nursing & Rehabilitation in Little Rock, a long-term care home for the elderly. Robbins said she loves each and every nurse on her roster, and she is proud of how they arrive early and stay late if a situation calls for it.

Finding people to fill her ranks is never easy, though, and she understands why better than anyone. Put simply, nurses at elder care homes are special people. They have to be…

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