So, how are you coping, compared to the other pandemics you’ve had to contend with?
Salvation by social media
By
Gary Tetz
Jan 21, 2021
I always thought it was only good for destroying the world, but now I’m here to boldly predict that social media will ultimately save us. After the horrors we’ve been through these past few years...
The incredible shrinking brain
By
Gary Tetz
May 28, 2020
For those of you seeking a different coping path through this pandemic, might I suggest walking, gardening, swimming or dancing. I say this because a new preliminary study suggests that people who do those...
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.
Murder, they spoke
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2019
Like a real-crime podcast about murder. That’s the way we need to tell the story of our long-term care staffing or funding woes if we want anyone to actually pay attention.
Exercise is your job
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 13, 2017
I didn’t go to the gym this morning because I had to write this blog about the importance of exercise in the long-term care workplace. Ironic, isn’t it? Also, sad!
Abilify vilified
By
Gary Tetz
May 05, 2016
It’s been a tough few years for antipsychotics. I feel a little bad for them. So maligned and stigmatized. Now the news comes out that they might produce compulsive or uncontrollable urges regarding...
Use of the life participation approach for those with dementia
By
Becky Khayum, MS, CCC-SLP
Mar 04, 2016
How can SLPs help to improve quality of life in this population, from diagnosis throughout the progression of the disease?
Meet Robin Bradley, Hall of Honor honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 19, 2021
As a chief operating officer of American Health Partners in Franklin, TN, a mother and wife, Robin Bradley definitely has enough to keep her busy. Her colleagues, however, say that she is the kind of leader...
A gaggle of Garys
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 02, 2023
I’m still not sure if it was intended as a loving tribute or blatant mockery, since I don’t possess the power to pierce the opacity of the human heart and discern anyone’s true motives. But nine...