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Barbara J. Morgan, B.S, retired R.N. currently lives in Colfax, Washington with her husband Ed, surrounded by five children and many grandchildren.

In her years of health care administration, Barbara researched every conceivable way to bring more life to the nursing home patient….from monthly balls, to goats, cats, dogs, and yes, juvenile delinquents. She believed that a food fight was more fun than dinner, and winning trophies for the 4th of July parades was just another part of real living. Her credo, “If you’re going down…..go down screaming.”

Going down Screaming is a must read for anyone who is charged with providing nursing care to their loved ones. Mrs. Morgan uses colorful stories about real people to share her love of the elderly and convey her philosophy on how to enrich the end of their days. Drawing on 50 years of experience as a nurse and health care administrator, Mrs. Morgan will have you laughing one minute and crying the next. A quick and enjoyable read, you will take away concepts to inspire and motivate your staff, family, and friends in providing the compassionate care that is needed so desperately.

Loren M Guske
Administrator/Owner
Horizon Hospice
Spokane, Washington

Going down Screaming is at times funny, at times inexpressibly sad, and at all times touching. This set of vignettes drawn from the long career of nurse and health care administrator, Barbara Morgan, raises provocative questions about how Americans view and treat their elderly. Will our young people have the compassion for the elderly to provide a quality of life for them, or will it be a liability they refuse to be responsible for? It also makes you wish that—if you have to leave your home for a nursing facility, it would be run by someone like Barbara.

Phillip E Morgan, PhD, D.C.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Washington State University

“Barbara J. Morgan, Former Nursing Home Director, Reveals the Quagmires Retirement Homes Face and Their Far-Reaching Consequences for the Broader Public

The T4 Program, sometimes known as the T4 Euthanasia Program, was a Nazi German endeavor to kill incurably sick, physically or mentally handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and elderly individuals under the guise of euthanasia. The program was started by Adolf Hitler in 1939 and while it was officially ended in 1941, clandestine executions continued until Nazi Germany’s military defeat in 1945.

Fast-forward to the 21st century. In 2019, the government of the United States of America spent around $172 billion on nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities. Author Barbara J. Morgan asks: “With this data, a question arises: Will America sustain its support for the elderly, or will it draw the line as Hitler did?”

Barbara J. Morgan, a retired nurse, and former nursing home director sheds light on both the morbid and encouraging facets of managing the often-neglected demographic in her book, “Going Down Screaming: Will America follow Hitler and Stalin in removing the useless eaters to save the majority?”

“Going Down Screaming” is a memoir and a personal account of the joys and challenges of caring for the elderly. Morgan discusses her experiences, which vary from almost running away from the directorship of a senior home to reinventing it to make the final years of the elderly worthwhile, with complete honesty and awe-inspiring determination. Morgan explored every possible way to add more vitality to nursing home residents throughout her years as a health care administrator. From monthly balls to goats, kittens, dogs, and juvenile delinquents. She thought a food battle was more fun than supper, and those winning trophies in the 4th of July parades were just part of life. Her credo: “If you’re going down, go down screaming.”

The book exposes the quagmires senior homes have to face. Furthermore, it also provides another reason to consider twilight as an important part of life’s cycle, and thus should be enjoyed.”

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