Of all the scourges that hit nursing homes, there is one that always causes me to shudder. It’s not pressure ulcers or norovirus, C. diff or MRSA. It’s something less dangerous, but that I...
Stuff I’ve done for residents as a long-term care shrink
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 31, 2013
Many of us in long-term care think of our jobs as a calling. We handle the day-to-day tasks and the business as usual but also get a lot of energy and joy out of taking our work one step further. Here...
Life lessons from the Capital Gazette
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 06, 2018
Reflect for a moment, please, on your first job. The people you met, the lessons you learned, and how it influences you today.
Life or death
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Jun 13, 2018
As healthcare workers, especially as healthcare workers in long-term care, we don’t have jobs that most people can identify with.
Celebrating America’s veterans
By
Tom Van Daele
Nov 10, 2017
Coining the “Call for Heroes” campaign, Geri-Care is honoring one veteran a month with an event to commemorate their heroic actions.
When technology fails us: ‘We talk’
By
Steven Littlehale
Dec 19, 2016
Driving my Grandma to one of her favorite restaurants to celebrate a significant birthday (she prefers that I don’t specify which) offered me an important lesson in communication.
The difference between addiction and dependence with opioids
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 06, 2016
While I love long-term care and the people who work in it, I don’t think anyone would assert that it’s cool.
Commanding respect from the disrespectful
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Apr 19, 2016
I started my nursing career in a very busy teaching-hospital operating room. I loved the excitement, the anticipation of the surgeon’s needs. But what I didn’t love was the utter disrespect...
Celebrating active aging
By
Cathy Reese
Oct 30, 2015
Skydiving, visiting the Art Institute of Chicago and Madison, WI, were among the Active Aging Week adventures.
Connecting through recreation therapy
By
Keri Cuyler, CTRS
Jun 19, 2015
The Episcopal Church Home in Rochester, NY, is continually trying to provide individualized recreational opportunities to the residents that live in our community.