Surefire warning signs that you're living a long-term care nightmare
Have you ever had a long-term care nightmare? Not the waking kind, where some horrifying facility crisis leaves you muttering, "This is a nightmare." I'm talking about a real one, the kind that happens...
View ArticleGarden variety denial
Maybe the real reason some people don't like gardening has little to do with the time and effort required, the proximity to deadly spiders or the pesky dirt under the nails. Maybe it's the way it...
View ArticleWould you rather have snakes?
You might think you have problems in your long-term care facility. But ask yourself just one question: Would I rather have snakes?
View ArticleSacred moments in the therapy gym
I haven't perched in a tree waiting for Bigfoot, or spent a morning with binoculars in a rowboat on Loch Ness. But I recently had a ringside seat for one of those elusive rehab therapy triumphs — the...
View ArticleDangers in the night
In the long-term care profession, we exist to provide care to vulnerable seniors, and like the rest of us, they tend to exist 24/7.
View ArticleLessons under anesthesia
Nothing ever makes me feel more empathy for those we care for than my own occasional reluctant forays into our American healthcare pseudo-system. I just walked a mile in somebody else's figurative...
View ArticleEscape from the blinking light
It sits on the facility reception desk, blinking bright purple as I approach, but somehow escapes my initial notice. After all, I have so very many things — urgent things, funny things, deeply profound...
View ArticleGlobal sand shortage threatens long-term care
Did you know we're experiencing a global sand shortage right now? Please don't panic, however. This only affects long-term care if your existing properties or future projects require glass or concrete,...
View ArticleLong-term care in the land of 'Sorry'
People often ask me what long-term care is like in Canada.* Trying to keep the peace, I usually answer, "Different." I choose this passive path because a) I'm Canadian, so it's genetic, and b) I know...
View ArticlePoor, poor pitiful me
When I ask rehab patients about the precipitating event that brought them to therapy, they can at least answer the question. Maybe they tripped on a zucchini vine, slipped on a grape in the grocery...
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