Tips for getting students to visit your facility: a teacher’s perspective
By
Barbara Gottschalk
May 12, 2016
Nothing is unique about students visiting nursing homes, of course, but I’ve been doing it with students for many years and in several different contexts.
The dark side of leadership
By
Julie Thorson
Jul 23, 2015
Have you ever considered leadership a negative word? Chances are no. All of the books we read, articles we Google, and leaders we aspire to be like are positive. So what about those days where people are...
Senior care priorities and questions
By
Andrea Swayne
Sep 06, 2013
Why is there such a divergence in senior care when state and federal regulations are pretty much the same across this great country of ours? I suspect the answer lies in how individual organizations prioritize...
Checking in for a new approach
By
Jennifer Tucker and Bill Thomas, M.D.
Oct 03, 2014
The modern way to think about providing care is that we are all in the experience business rather than the service business.
Hepatic Encephalopathy and long-term care: My experience
By
Elena Juarez
Jan 23, 2013
One day I hope that one of my daughters will become a nurse or a doctor. They have gained so much knowledge from helping me care for my mom. We could not have come this far without the help of our family...
10 lessons we learned on our culture change journey
By
Angie McAllister
Feb 09, 2018
Almost exactly 6 years from the date of our first training, we recently added our 50th home to the Eden Alternative Registry.
Labor Day, and remembering
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Sep 09, 2015
So we just had Labor Day, a time when most of the country gets a three-day weekend and forgets that many of those in service jobs don’t have that luxury.
Clone this woman. Steal this idea.
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Mar 29, 2016
“Trudy’s here!” exclaimed the resident I’d been speaking with, excusing herself for a moment to exchange a few dollars for a bottle of lotion. “She buys me the things I can’t...
Happy Long-Term Care Day!
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 17, 2017
I had a birthday recently. OK, more than just recently. Tuesday. My long-term care colleagues were kind, supportive and treated me to an exquisite lunch. But the rest I’ve had to deal with on my...
Let the positives outnumber the negatives
By
Herb Hildebrandt, Ph.D, Hl.D.
Apr 04, 2018
Easy to list negatives. Easy to become reclusive. No matter when you leave a home. Or retire. No matter the time or age or gender. Be positive in setting the goal, rejoice on reaching it: in a retirement...