‘It’s all about love': Memphian honored as industry group’s Caregiver of the Year
“I love my patients, and they love me,” said Sharon Young, Tennessee Health Care Association’s Caretaker of the Year. “It’s all about love.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
On Friday, Sharon Young was honored for her decades of providing daily, hands-on care for her patients at Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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