How fondly I remember the old days, pre-2020, when Googling “long-term care news” yielded different results
Waiting for the ice cream truck
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 21, 2020
There aren’t enough covers to pull over my head anymore.
Finding joy in the grueling now
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 06, 2020
Finding joy in the difference you make is perhaps all the inspiration any of us needs.
Exhale, with love
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 23, 2020
How are those masks working out for you? My glasses are as perpetually fogged as a car windshield after prom, and I do enjoy sounding like Charlie Brown’s teacher.
Quoth the Raven
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 09, 2020
I consider it an ominous omen. Yesterday on my walk, I was attacked by a crow — three times. Or it might have been a raven. I can’t tell the difference.
Bad news for bald administrators
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 25, 2020
It turns out there might be one type of administrator who is more personally susceptible to this vile virus now plaguing humanity than any other.
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
Masks change everything
By
Gary Tetz
May 14, 2020
Now that small respiratory droplets created by human speech have been found to hang out in the air for more than eight minutes, requiring masks in long-term care and any other setting where people congregate...
Coping with COVID-19, the beard and Chuck Norris
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 30, 2020
While long-term care workers I’ve interviewed have been grateful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic, my coping mechanisms could be considered somewhat less constructive and helpful.
Time to end this handshake insanity
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 16, 2020
To shake someone’s hand is to say, “I don’t know much about you, but I choose to embrace every bad hygienic choice you’ve made today.”