BroadwayWorld · February 18, 2016
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Television and podcast
This Week in America with Ric Bratton
Ric Bratton talks with Peter about his first day as a hospice aide, why he introduces himself to patients with the words “I’m here for the bath” and the emotional support caregivers give patients and their families.
- Episode
- 2574
- Aired
- December 8, 2022
- Host
- Ric Bratton
- Length
- 25 minutes (podcast)
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In print
Press
Media kit
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Short bio
Peter Rolita has worked in healthcare for more than thirty years, over twenty of them as a hospice aide with Kaiser Permanente. He is a Religious Science Certified Practitioner and lives in Carmichael, California. I’m Here for the Bath collects more than sixty stories from his years at the bedside.
Longer bio
Peter Rolita has worked in healthcare for more than thirty years, caring for people in private homes, hospitals and nursing homes. He has been a hospice aide with Kaiser Permanente for more than twenty years, most recently in Roseville, California. He holds California certifications as a CNA and CHHA and an LVN license, earned an associate degree and a Gerontology certificate at American River College and in 2017 became a licensed Religious Science Certified Practitioner (RScP). His book, I’m Here for the Bath, gathers more than sixty short stories about the people he cared for, their caregivers and his own life in hospice work. He lives in Carmichael, California.
Book facts
- Title
- I’m Here for the Bath
- Subtitle
- Stories and Recipes for a Better Life
- Author
- Peter Rolita (P.E. Rolita)
- Genre
- Memoir, short stories
- Formats
- Hardcover, paperback, eBook, audiobook
- Pages
- 352 (print)
- ISBN
- 978-1-952750-29-8 (hardcover)
- First published
- 2016
Interview topics
- What a hospice aide does and why the bath matters
- Why “I’m here for the bath” puts patients at ease
- His first day in hospice and finding a calling
- Emotional support for patients and families
- Living fully until the end
- Faith, practice and caregiving as a Religious Science practitioner
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