The majority of distressing and harmful resident-to-resident interactions (DHRRIs) remain unreported. Underreporting of these episodes limits direct care partners’ ability…
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Words matter, a lot. Words used to describe elders living with dementia reflect and shape the ways in which they…
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Social isolation and loneliness, which were problems for many older adults before the coronavirus pandemic, have become an even greater…
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Managing Health Services Organizations and Systems has served the educational and professional needs of the healthcare field over four decades. The…
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Montessori philosophy, based on the principles of free choice and purposeful activity, has historically been focused on children’s education. However,…
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What holds us back in transforming senior living? In Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift, author Jill…
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Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, January 22, 2021 Reposted with permission from khn.org Over a month into a massive vaccination…
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By Kathy Laurenhue, M.A., CHP “Choose One” is a way of learning something about the routines, preferences, and values of…
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By Mary Kaplan, M.S.W., LCSW Although death, dying, and grief are day-to-day experiences in the working lives of long-term care…
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By Jill Vitale-Aussem, LNHA, MMH, author of Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift This post was originally shared…