I’m sure you remember the old joke: “Why are nursing homes so noisy? Because we forget people actually live there.” Oh sorry, that’s not a joke. My mistake.
Don’t forget to look up
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 05, 2015
For long-term care providers who usually only check the sky to see if it’s falling, the recent harvest supermoon lunar eclipse brought the chance for a fresh perspective.
Things I Think: Champions of change
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 02, 2018
In long-term care, massive change is always afoot. Whatever was true 20 minutes ago isn’t anymore, and the new normal will be an unrecognizable stranger by nightfall. But there’s one thing that hasn’t...
Celebrating new love
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 01, 2021
Weddings are always rich in symbolism, but one I attended on a sunny afternoon recently carried far more than usual.
A day at the opera?
By
Gary Tetz
May 06, 2017
We all have guilty pleasures — things we secretly enjoy but don’t have the courage to admit to long-term care colleagues at stand-up.
Dirty hands needed
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 01, 2014
Gardening is magic. Gardening is mindfulness. Gardening is therapist, physician and personal trainer without spandex or a copay. And now researchers have confirmed that gardening can help nursing home...
The conscience of tech
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 08, 2018
Remember those innocent days when long-term care was hopelessly tech-phobic, and EHR was just a quick way to tell 911 your facility was under attack by an Emerging Hostile Rodent?
Things I Think: Fall leads to a rebirth
By
Gary Tetz
Dec 05, 2018
For many of us, the transition from spring to fall brings melancholy and thinly-veiled fear — in life and in long-term care.
Climb every mountain
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 01, 2014
I’m obsessed by mountains, particularly the ones I’m staring at right now in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Marvelous, epic monoliths of rock and ice, they dominate and intimidate....
There’s no time to cry
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 01, 2021
If you’re close to my aging vintage, you remember those adorable pioneers on the TV show “Little House on the Prairie.” Now we’re living in their world. Menaced by fires, floods, climate change...