News flash! There’s a ton of hatred and division in America right now. Sorry to break that to you so abruptly, but it’s time you knew. Especially with an election looming like a Category 5 hurricane...
Wake-up call for the smoothie evangelist
By
Gary Tetz
Oct 03, 2024
What’s not to love about a healthy smoothie in the morning? Plenty, it turns out. For years, several times a week, I’ve started the day by constructing an industrial-strength nutrition bomb — predominately...
What’s your story?
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 19, 2024
I’m sure I seem every bit a 21st century Renaissance man, the kind who lifts a little finger in the air while sipping an expensive wine, reads thick books with very small print, patronizes the opera...
Lessons from a :oscopy
By
Gary Tetz
Sep 05, 2024
No, I wasn’t having a parasitic brainworm removed, though long-term care coworkers and friends frequently express strong suspicions that one might be present. But I was in the hospital last week, lying...
Gideon’s coffee drinkers
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 22, 2024
The sky is blue. Water is wet. Long-term care staff love coffee. I hold these truths to be self-evident. So good news! New studies proclaim that the consumption of coffee significantly lowers dementia...
I am not dead
By
Gary Tetz
Aug 08, 2024
For decades on my desk, a small sign has served as a reminder of the one thing I know to be absolutely true: I am not dead. Though visitors often find it troubling, I’ve viewed it simply as a comic-serious...
Blessed are the late adopters
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 25, 2024
Long-term care is often mocked for being behind the curve in implementing new technology. After last week’s CrowdStrike fiasco, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Truth be told, I don’t understand...
The beard is dead. Long live the beard.
By
Gary Tetz
Jul 11, 2024
Imagine you’re an elderly rehab patient, maybe trying to recover mobility after a stroke, and receiving treatment in a long-term care facility. Your therapist is a ferocious taskmaster, constantly...
Don’t buy green bananas
By
Gary Tetz
Jun 27, 2024
I just bought a house. Yes, at this age. A common admonition to those on intimate terms with aging and mortality is to avoid buying green bananas. Well, I chose to laugh in the face of that bit of...
Getting your steps in
By
Gary Tetz
May 30, 2024
I and most other humans I know are obsessed with steps, and not just of the 12 variety. We wear tracking devices 24/7, like an entire society under house arrest, and monitor step counts with religious...