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Golden View Resident Publishes Book About Growing Up Hard Of Hearing
Peter Miller (middle) poses with Golden View staff members.
Peter N. Miller, local author and resident of Golden View, recently published his new memoir Growing Up Hard of Hearing in Mainstream America.
Miller, who has 74 years of experience living with impaired hearing, believes his book can be a valuable resource for parents of hearing impaired children, for hearing impaired adults, and for all the various professionals who try to assist the hearing impaired.
In 1944, when Miller was two years old, an infection permanently damaged the hearing in both of his ears. Growing Up Hard of Hearing in Mainstream America describes how Miller’s mind tried to compensate for hearing loss with lip reading and other means, some of which were quite ingenious.
“Unheard speech caused me to embarrass myself numerous times daily—a very shaming, very humiliating set of experiences which were corrosive to my self-esteem and my self-confidence,” Miller said. “My memoir describes the principal ways I tried to protect my fragile ego, with limited success. Because I desperately wanted to be perceived as being just like other people, one of the ‘gang,’ I tried to conceal the extent of my hearing loss. In Growing Up Hard of Hearing in Mainstream America, I describe many of the ways I attempted to do this.”
Despite the hardships hearing loss caused Miller all his life, he did eventually become a fairly accomplished and self-respecting adult. How did that happen? That is the story that impelled him to write this memoir. He believes his observations and reflections about hearing impairment will enlighten and inspire all those who read his book.
Those who wish purchase a copy of Growing Up Hard of Hearing in Mainstream America, ask a question, or would like to see a digital copy of chapter one, may email petermiller@metrocast.net.
Miller, a former Meredith selectman, has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Before retiring, he was a tenured faculty member at Plymouth State University, a branch of the University of New Hampshire, as well as a private practice psychotherapist. He has been writing creatively for over 20 years, studying the craft in workshops sponsored by the New Hampshire Writers' Project. Miller is happily married, and he has three adult children and one grandson. Miller has also written Reaching for the Wind: Two Act Plays, Seven Canterbury Tales Retold: Improvisations on Chaucer, So Fade the Lovely: A New England Mystery, Oh Freedom: A Novel of the Underground Railroad, Jane Varney Durgin: Trick Rider, Quaker Preacher, Opponent of Slavery, and Late Harvest: Best Short Stories 1994-2014.
Golden View Administrator Selected For Future Leaders Of Long Term Care In America Program
Rosemary Simino, Administrator of Golden View Health Care Center, has been selected to participate in the fifteenth annual “Future Leaders of Long Term Care (LTC) in America” program hosted by the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL).
After a competitive review process, 41 long term care professionals from across the country were selected based on their leadership characteristics at a state level. The year-long program kicks off with a symposium on September 24 - 26 in Washington, D.C. Over the course of the program, Future Leader participants will have the opportunity to acquire new skills and learn information to enhance their leadership skills in preparation to serve in future leadership positions at the national level within AHCA/NCAL.
Simino has worked in health care for over 25 years, beginning her career in long term care by working in a variety of entry level positions while attending Keene State College. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1993, Simino was promoted to the Director of Social Services at Westwood Healthcare Center in Keene. During her tenure at Westwood, she was accepted into the Administrator-In-Training Program for Sowerby Health Care, Inc. Simino continued her training to become an administrator with her mentor at Woodlawn Nursing Home in Newport, NH. While completing her training at Woodlawn Nursing Home, Simino was also the Director of Business Services. She obtained her New Hampshire Nursing Home Administrator’s license in 1996 and became the administrator of Woodlawn Nursing home at that time. Simino joined Golden View Health Care Center in 1998 as the Assistant Administrator and Director of Quality Assurance. In 2016, Simino became Golden View’s administrator. Simino is the co-chair of the New Hampshire Health Care Association’s Quality and Regulatory Affairs Committee, a committee she has served on since 1996.
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Thank You For Supporting Us During NH Gives!
Because of your generous donations during NH Gives, we raised $1,390 in 24 hours for our employee scholarship fund. What a wonderful way to kick off our fundraising efforts!
Your gift will directly help a full-time Golden View employee achieve their dream of becoming a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
Even though NH Gives is over, our fundraising efforts are still going strong. If you would like to donate to the employee scholarship fund, checks may be made out to Golden View Health Care Center with a memo noting it’s for the scholarship fund and mailed to us at 19 NH Route 104, Meredith, NH 03253. Donations are tax deductible and greatly appreciated.
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