Hospice caregiver spends days with family during Arkansas winter storm

Hospice caregiver spends days with family during Arkansas winter storm 
NBC News KARK - Maumelle, AR; by Neal Zeringue; 2/20/25 
In icy conditions, many would not risk going up and down the steepest hills, but in-home care workers have. One in Maumelle even stayed away from home for days to be with a family on top of a dangerous hill. ... [Nelda] Michael’s husband has dementia and has had in-home care for 15 months. He needs constant attention. Because of the ice, nurses with Arkansas Hospice could not see him Wednesday, but on Thursday they were determined to give him care. However, Morgan Bartley and Michelle Kelley’s cars slid down the hill on one side of the road the Michaels live on top of. KARK 4 News found them stuck and helped them up from the other end of the road. “We were prepared to park our vehicles at the bottom and hike a mile up. Anything to get to him and to her,” Bartley said. [Click on the title's link to continue reading.]