Stress helps wound care — at least if you’re a mouse
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 14, 2014
Lost in all the recent hubbub about the Ebola virus, Justin Bieber going to anger management class and a guy eating a nursing home resident’s pain patch, is breaking news from the exciting world...
Hey, did ya hear the one about the quasi-experimental humor therapy study?
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 31, 2014
Have you ever heard an eldercare researcher tell a joke? It can be a painful experience. No simple knock-knock. No guy walking into a bar.
Don’t be so humble — it’s Canada D’eh!
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 03, 2014
Here’s what I’ve decided. Canada is the long-term care employee of the world.
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.
Long-term (care) anxiety at bargain prices
By
Gary Tetz
Apr 10, 2014
The median annual cost of a nursing home room is now more than $87,000, according to a recent survey. To an uninformed member of the public, I’m sure that seems like a lot. But what the average person...
Drawing a line for a balanced life
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 27, 2014
We hear a lot about drawing lines these days. And that’s what long-term care employees need to immediately do — stand up tall to your facility overlords, muster your courage and draw a big, bold...
Passing the stress test
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 13, 2014
First came the razor, deforesting small circles on my expansive torso. Then came the electrodes, streaming off my chest like ribbons from a departing ocean liner. I wasn’t sure if I was being prepped...
The Sasha Experience
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 27, 2014
It’s been a rough day for good customer service, and since you live and work in a profession dependent upon it, I’m sharing these still raw and painful experiences because I believe they’ll...
Changing lives or just shoveling snow?
Feb 13, 2014
Like any good long-term care provider, I should know that to breathe a sigh of relief after weathering a crisis is to challenge the gods. Remember Brad, the nursing home administrator who left the deposition...
‘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...