Nursing home residents — especially long-term residents — deserve to have the best entertainment that money can buy. Unfortunately, most nursing home activity directors don’t have the budget...
Taking the ‘blues’ out of ‘bluegrass’
By
Mary Gustafson
Aug 01, 2012
Bluegrass fans are well-versed in the music’s invigorating effects. Now, residents at a Silver Spring, MD-continuing care retirement community have ample opportunity to both play and listen.
Operation Hire a Veteran
By
Mary Gustafson
May 01, 2012
Hiring veterans to work in long-term care facilities is a no-brainer for nursing home administrator Steve Pazulski — a Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran himself.
A Day in the Life: Culture change for a younger set
By
Mary Gustafson
Feb 01, 2012
If you were to visit the young adult care unit at Ecumen Bayshore Health Center, in Duluth, MN, chances are that Lady Gaga would be playing on a resident’s stereo, and a group would be gathered around...
A Day in the life: A song in his heart
By
Mary Gustafson
Jul 01, 2011
Before Jim Alexander entered the dementia unit at Syverson Lutheran Home in Eau Claire, WI, he was a beloved geography professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It didn’t take long for...
He’s tuned in to resident choice
By
Mary Gustafson
Jun 01, 2011
When iPods, the popular portable music players, started to become ubiquitous in about 2006, licensed social worker Dan Cohen Googled “iPods and nursing homes.” He found no connection between...