Direct care staff members at a New York-based facility received a special form of thanks from the community for their COVID-19 efforts.
A Day in the Life: Soothing Singers
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Oct 06, 2017
Members of the Threshold Choir at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices are quick to point out that the singing they do isn’t performing.
A jazz band for the ages
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Mary Gustafson
Oct 01, 2012
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...
Residents step up for tornado victims
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Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2022
Nursing home residents are typically characterized by how much help they need. But those wisened individuals also like to offer help when they can.
Snoezelen, not snoozing, at 100
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 01, 2013
It’s noteworthy that the Taylor Care Center in Jacksonville, FL, recently marked the 100th birthday of two residents by inviting an Elvis impersonator to perform. More remarkable: The event celebrated...
Life-changing treatment helps SNF resident communicate with son again
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Danielle Brown
Jan 05, 2020
It took an Illinois skilled nursing facility nearly a year to get an Augmentative & Alternative Communication device. But the effort was worth it since it helped a resident with multiple sclerosis communicate...
Project aims to grow happiness
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Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
A New York-based grassroots effort launched to help nursing homes and their residents cope during the coronavirus pandemic has been able to send gifts to nearly 60 facilities nationwide with the help of...
App tracks dementia day to day
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Tim Mullaney
May 01, 2014
Getting insight into the daily life of someone with dementia often is a difficult goal for family members who are not nearby. There’s now help in the form of a smartphone application conceived by...
Operation Hire a Veteran
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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.
Positive signs from teenager
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Feb 05, 2017
The weekly American Sign Language classes at Sunny Hill Nursing Home in Joliet, IL, started as an idea from a high school volunteer.