Oral history interview with Denise Hartman
Title
Oral history interview with Denise Hartman
Description
Denise Hartman discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her work as a physical therapist in a long term care facility. She describes the many procedural changes at her workplace, including testing and increased use of PPE. She also speaks about the loneliness and isolation she experienced and observed in her patients. Other topics she covers include visitation restrictions to long-term care facilities, online continuing education, getting vaccinated, and her own public health awareness since the pandemic.
Denise Hartman of West Brookfield, Vermont, worked as a physical therapist in a nursing home in Berlin, Vermont, for the last 15 years of her career, including throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. She retired shortly before this interview.
Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-251676-OMS-22.
Denise Hartman of West Brookfield, Vermont, worked as a physical therapist in a nursing home in Berlin, Vermont, for the last 15 years of her career, including throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. She retired shortly before this interview.
Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-251676-OMS-22.
Date
2024-08-02
Subject
Source
Collecting COVID-19: A Vermont Story Project
Identifier
AudioFileCOVID-030
Format
MP3
WAV
Type
Audio file
Rights
Permission to publish material from the Collecting COVID-19: A Vermont Story Project may be obtained from the Vermont Historical Society.
Interviewer
Gustin, Amanda Kay
Interviewee
Hartman, Denise
Duration
48 min., 43 sec.
Repository
Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4215
Collection
Citation
“Oral history interview with Denise Hartman,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed April 4, 2025, https://digitalvermont.org/vtcovid/AudioFileCOVID-030.