Last Halloween, my Mum’s nursing home celebrated the event by inviting the staff’s children to trick or treat. The staff dressed up in wacky outfits, and provided little treat buckets for the residents to distribute to our little visitors.
I brought a camera, and my husband brought our golden retriever, dressed up in a suit and [...]
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More mentally people are being shipped to nursing homes — a younger population with needs that many nursing homes cannot meet.
The Associated Press recently released an investigative article about the growing population of mentally ill in nursing homes. It’s a situation that leaves the fragile elderly mixing with younger, more aggressive mentally ill people — [...]
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Trips to the Doctor, Lab or Clinic can be confusing for the GFG… so families can help ease the process.
The number one rule: Don’t rely on the staff to help with making arrangements! Too often, the myriad of details get neglected by the fact that there’s never one person who handles the tasks. [...]
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