The close-quarters spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in residential care facilities poses a significant health threat to the vulnerable senior population, and the time to take action is now. RCFE Administrators and licensees in California and beyond are being encouraged by the CDC and Departments of Social Services to have a plan in place […]
Starting your first Resident Care Facility or RCFE can be exciting, fulfilling, and daunting all at the same time. Between securing a location and getting your certifications it can be easy to overlook the basics — the essential aspects that will help ensure your RCFE is a success. Over the years we have worked with […]
As humans, we are all prone to error. Even in industries where a single mistake could mean life or death, errors are made. But just because “to err is human” does not make it right. In the case of our aging senior population, RCFE Administrators have a responsibility to the health and wellness of their […]
Joyous as the winter season can be for some — with fresh blankets of snow, a warm hearth, and the love of family surrounding them — for others it can be a time of struggle. Not only do the holidays and cold months often counterintuitively bring some people down, perhaps in part the result of […]
For many, the holidays and winter months are the time of year for family get-togethers, traditions, friends, and fun. But this isn’t always the case, and for a large number of seniors Holiday Depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder are a painful reality. The causes for each can be numerous — both psychological and physiological — […]
This is the second part of a two-part article. If you have not read Part One yet, we recommend doing so first clicking here. Bullying in nursing homes is already on the level of a national crisis; enough so that the topic warrants an article of its own. But for openly LGBTQ+ people, it’s even […]
Growing old is never easy, but for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified (LGBTQ+) baby boomers — the overwhelming majority of whom have endured lifetimes of discrimination and prejudice — the process of aging can be particularly fraught. According to a major, 2017 survey published in The Gerontologist, it’s estimated that living in the U.S. […]
It’s been a scorching past couple of months. Across the U.S. and the world, temperature records dropped like flies this summer. Notoriously rainy London saw its picturesque green spaces burned to an unsightly, ocre crisp, with the rolling estates of Hampstead Heath looking more like a high summer’s African savannah. As people across the planet […]
In our previous post, Part One of our two-part series concerning seniors and medical marijuana, we explored the increasing use of cannabis among our aging populations. As laws across the nation continue to change (allowing individuals safe and legal access to its myriad therapeutic benefits), and prior to considering it for themselves, it is important […]
When you begin to dig into the origins of cannabis in the United States, you don’t expect to so quickly run afield of “the known.” And yet, for a drug so storied and culturally significant, its emergence into our public consciousness is perplexingly murky—like the wisps of smoke its name brings to mind, impossible to […]
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