You think Five Star is bad? That cherry-picked data can lead to misinterpretation? That it’s unfair to be publicly vilified online, and perhaps eternally defined, by every little mistake? You’re...
Waiting for the wallop
By
Gary Tetz
Mar 10, 2022
Good news, bad news — it’s a cycle on perpetual repeat in the long-term care profession, and on this planet.
Celebrating the CAN, er, CNA
By
Gary Tetz
May 02, 2019
Here’s how you’ll know I’m sincere in my desire to celebrate some of long-term care’s most uncelebrated people. I’m willing to spend the next two hours trying to get the Word program to stop...
The rats are coming! The rats are coming!
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 31, 2019
Our long-term care facilities are apparently under ongoing attack, and we desperately need a hero.
Election log: Time for Change—or just a time change?
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 07, 2012
Dear Diary: Tuesday’s election raises so many questions, including: Will Obomneycare live or die? Will the anger, polarization and poor spelling that rears its head sometimes in comments after McKnight’s...
Achieving best practice in a data-driven birthday environment
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 14, 2019
That’s right, it’s my birthday. I’ll pause just long enough for you to feel bad about not yet wishing me a happy one.
It’s time for LTC consultants to change
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 07, 2019
After nights of sleepless worry on consultants’ behalf, I’ve developed a tweak to the old consulting model that will transform the way they do business and make their skills newly marketable.
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.”
The elephant in the room
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 10, 2016
Nope, I won’t do it. I just won’t. This is a column about long-term care and the important issues facing our profession. I absolutely refuse to get drawn into a heated discussion about the...
A slippery slope
By
Gary Tetz
Feb 18, 2021
Should we follow “the Golden Rule” and treat others the way we would want to be treated? In a word, no.