yes
I forgot
my walker
Welcome to the blog at My Silver Diary, an intimate glimpse into the person-centered, or resident-centered perspective that everyone likes to talk about, but few seem to care about.
No attempt has been made to impart a particular point of view in regard to the care nursing home residents receive or do not receive. It is what it is. However, I do hope you at least find some of the entries to be informative, entertaining, and maybe even challenging, and that you are inspired to think more about what it might be like to live in a nursing home.
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No attempt has been made to impart a particular point of view in regard to the care nursing home residents receive or do not receive. It is what it is. However, I do hope you at least find some of the entries to be informative, entertaining, and maybe even challenging, and that you are inspired to think more about what it might be like to live in a nursing home.
If you want to contact me, my e-mail address is posted at the bottom of this page. If you want to tell someone else about an entry, just click on one of the small white envelope icons. This blog is probably too long for you to read at any one sitting. You may want to download it to your computer so you can read it when you have more time. Just click on file and save page as.
some ideas
for improving
quality of life for
nursing home residents
no bingo
yes hamburgers
suspenders for men
reduce ambient TV noise
silence laundry cart wheels
make wheelchairs comfortable
folding chairs available for visitors
single rooms for all who want or need them
drastically reduce the use of the P.A. system
don't place a big screen TV in the only common area
provide residents with easy access to a telephone and e-mail
deflect heater and A/C vents so they don't blow on sleeping residents
do not let anyone enter residents' rooms without proper authorization
fund nursing homes so that adequate staff can be hired at a decent living wage
visiting ours
and as
I wonder
where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
special thanks to Hank Williams
wired for altitude
courtesy
Barry Corbet and AARP The Magazine
(you have to click on wired for altitude above)
hipaa hipaa soda cricka
we
still
have
work to do
but we won't do it
you can still click on this temporary link
we
watched
sponge bob today
greatest
generation
bears witness
to the rise and fall
of a once great medium
some nursing home residents watch a lot of television programs that make no sense to them
wait.
bingo warning
category:
sounds goofy
IAU scientists
declare pluto not a planet
MSD is marketing a bingo game (okay it's free)
that uses all 50 states and nobody's messing with it!
don't
forget
to check out
the all new dieting for tummies blog
the shocking truth behind secret celebrity dieting myths exposed once and for all
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access to the parking space you need
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I can't
cut this
with a knife
the toughness of meat served
is inversely proportional to our ability to chew it
universal name tag precautions
category:
social skills we either
never learned or forgot after kindergarten:
discretly reading each others' name tags instead of making eye contact and doing introductions
upgrade your staff's social skills for less than the cost of a latte macchiato each, with the new improved
my
house
sits empty
sometimes nursing home residents
think about the house and the home they worked to build
where they raised their family and where they think they still belong
mrsa mrsa me
bugs ain't
what they used to be
wash your
hands take vitamin c
also it wouldn't hurt
to wipe your phone and keyboard
and if you haven't yet, stop chewing your pen
read aol article "the filthiest spot in your office"
I just want
to be left alone
just because you live in a semi-public setting doesn't mean you want company
national night in
every year we have national night out
where people go outside to meet their neighbors
im•pact- to have an effect on
im•pact- to pack firmly together
-pact•ed, -pact•ing, -pact•ion *
*cross-reference quote by Ernest Hemingway (below)
I'll
never
get out of here
one day it occurs to a nursing home resident
that this is where she will spend the rest of her life
public address
I have no idea
what they just said
public address systems are sometimes loud and not too clear
nursing home residents sometimes think announcements are meant for them
sometimes they are. usually they aren't. but residents can't tell and stay rather confused
fine- adj. of superior quality, skill, or appearance
fine- n. a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense
roll out the barrels
hear a rumble on the floor
every morning at a quarter to four
some laundry barrels have special wheel noise amplifiers
they can simulate the sound of a speeding locomotive or a tornado
93
y.o. s.f.
non-smoker
enjoys long rolls
down fluoresnent lit corridors
seeks s.m. interested in long-term companionship*
*see alice
isolation- lack of contact with other people
isolation- separation of an ill person who has
a communicable disease from those who are healthy
evacuate- v. to empty or remove the contents of
evacuate- v. to withdraw from or vacate a threatened area
more dopamine please
sunshine almost always makes me high
-John Denver
vitamin D
beats fluorescents 24/7
culture- n. a growth or colony of microorganisms in a nutrient medium
culture- n. socially transmitted behavior patterns characteristic of a community
HOH
if I can't hear
look into my eyes
speak soft and slow
don't scream in my ear
or write it down
maybe I can read
and then I will know
what you're trying to say
spell check
staph: n. parasitic bacteria (no tattoos)
staff: n. assistants or employees (may have tattoos)
stella!
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
-Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire) 1947
that vent blows on me all night
A/C vents are designed to blow cold air on people who are already cold
patient: n. one under medical treatment
patient: adj. good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
a brief unanounced survey
Do your residents know your facility's name, address, and phone number?
Their doctor's name, the names of the medicines they are taking, or why they are taking them?
Can they name your facility's administrator, the director of nursing, the social worker, the AD?*
*no
do they have a copy of My Silver Diary?**
**no
loneliness helplessness and boredom
Loneliness: the awareness of being alone
Helplessness: dependent; lacking power or strength
Boredom: to make weary with dullness, repetition, tediousness
and finally, finally:
please understand that
in accordance with HIPAA regulations
we are unable to either confirm or deny
that Elvis has either entered or left the building
so there
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