Entries by Sean O'Shea

Caregiver Tip Tuesday.. Wrist IDs = Peace of Mind

Perhaps you’re a #caregiver or a family member that has a loved one that has special needs, perhaps they have a bad peanut butter or shellfish #allergy that puts them in the hospital, your resident is #diabetic, or your resident has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and has wandered off once before. Maybe you

Ruth D. Passes 3 years as the Lodge’s LVN MVP

For every part of the team, there’s a counterpart. For the AM Nursing team’s Adelwisa, there’s Ruth who also splits her time between buildings, taking over the sleepy PM Schedule for both the Lodge and Elders Inn. But she’s also the person who’s in charge after visiting hours. It’s a great responsibility, but Ruth takes

Caregiver Tip Tuesday: The Virtue of Patience

We’ve all heard that patience is a virtue, but what does that really mean? Just sitting idly by tapping your foot, or staring at the clock, waiting nicely until it’s time to do something? Well no.. to be virtuous and have patience means to have patience for a reason. To exercise restraint and redouble emotional

Care Giver Tip Tuesday “Keep it in Perspective”

#CargiverTipTuesday When you’re dealing with people and there’s a routine of daily life developing, it might be easiest to just go numb and roll through the motions.. It then becomes difficult to stop yourself from objectifying the person you care for; especially when the person has advanced stages of #Alzheimers or seems to lack