Every nursing home administrator probably has a favorite story of a resident whose state of health and happiness was transformed by experiencing the unconditional love of an animal. It’s universal, like...
Never too late to be undermined
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 05, 2019
Once again, science has undermined the foundation on which another of my excuses is built.
A gentle slap on the wrist
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 22, 2019
I choose to believe I have friends, and chatted with one of them recently in the lobby of a nursing home. I felt the conversation was going extremely well. I listened attentively, and contributed interesting...
Better than bees in your eye
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 08, 2019
Those adorable flying insects buzzing around and bringing cheer to your long-term care facility right now? A new study reveals that they’re probably infested with and spreading terrifying superbugs.
Things I Think: Good, Bad news
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 02, 2019
Bad news, people. Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented.
Murder, they spoke
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2019
Like a real-crime podcast about murder. That’s the way we need to tell the story of our long-term care staffing or funding woes if we want anyone to actually pay attention.
Behind the chins
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 17, 2019
The adorable old folks sat in a circle, exhibiting varying levels of cognition, alertness and physical decay. A kind lady walked around the room offering juice and snacks.
Privacy for All
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 11, 2019
We hear a lot about Medicare for All. How about if we start with Privacy for All, and see how that goes first?
My high-sodium epiphany
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 27, 2019
In long-term care, we deal with the unexpected all the time. Many of the people we serve are there because something unanticipated happened, crashing into their lives like a no-warning tsunami — or a...
This time, memory loss researchers go too far
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 13, 2019
It seems that people who have the most hostility and difficulty coping with stress as young people don’t remember things as well as those with the least.