Last time we talked, it was peppers and hooch. Now it’s liquor and prostitutes. As a long-term care professional, I imagine you’re wondering what you’ve done wrong to encourage this trending...
Left with the geraniums
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 24, 2015
Some things probably shouldn’t require a law. Kittens shouldn’t be water-boarded. Toddlers shouldn’t have to work in coal mines, at least not in the dark or winter. Seniors in long-term...
‘Devil Nurse’ helps keep things in perspective
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 28, 2014
Are you having a bad day? Maybe some nagging personnel problems? Or perhaps you’re concerned about how the poor judgment of one employee could reflect negatively on the reputation of your facility...
The Smell Test
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 15, 2013
Over in South Korea, precocious robots have been sniffing the air at a few nursing home test sites and neutralizing unwelcome odors. Or at least they were, but now have probably been reassigned to nose...
Providers are from Mars, regulators are from Venus
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 15, 2013
More than 100,000 desperate folks wish to move to Mars and never come back. They’ve even paid an application fee, so they must be serious.
Eye contact or Angry Birds?
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 16, 2013
My wife’s a Realtor. And no, I’m not wondering if you or anyone you know would like to buy or sell a home in Walla Walla, WA. That would be a crass and brazen misuse of this forum. Though if...
Memory tricks
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 05, 2012
I’m a little mad at Jim Berklan right now. The usually trustworthy and compassionate editor of the McKnight’s fine family of publications pulled the old bait-and-switch on me this morning....
Sentenced to a nursing home
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 29, 2014
Here’s an innovative new way, and maybe the only one you haven’t already tried, to make sure more people visit your lonely nursing home residents. Sentence them to do it.
Non-virtual anti-reality, please
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 23, 2017
I won’t be taking up virtual reality advocacy anytime soon, but it has nothing to do with vertigo or motion sickness. I’m simply not actively seeking additional reality in my life.
For Royal Baby and long-term care profession, spooky coincidences abound
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 29, 2013
That poor Royal Baby just can’t catch a break. What were the odds of His birth occurring within hours of an inebriated Amanda Bynes being accused of trespassing at a Los Angeles long-term care community?...