Healthcare, Senior Living, Economics
Happy Hump Day! The purpose of these Wednesday detours from the usual health policy, economics, senior living/senior housing/post-acute care stuff is to help readers and followers either add a touch of levity to their day or (to) cause them to think a bit differently about the world. Consider Wednesday Features as a deviation from the … Read more
Happy Hump Day! The last two weeks have definitely been interesting (and troubling), geopolitically speaking. It seems like too many areas of the world are in turmoil, either in war (Israel, Ukraine) or on the brink thereof (Taiwan). I have many Jewish friends, some very close to me. I feel for them, especially given how … Read more
Yesterday was National Mental Health Day. It was also World Mental Health Day. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of mental health issues and to mobilize professionals and communities to become more engaged in supporting mental health care. A few months back, I lost a very close, long-term friend to a mental … Read more
Happy Hump Day! Every once in a while, I feel the need to rant, if just a bit. Personally, it’s like an exorcism of pent-up frustration. Since this blog is mine and I am the author, editor, chief cook, and bottlewasher, I get a certain license to write stuff that I feel is important. I … Read more
Well, this Saturday past, September 23, ushered in fall with the arrival of the Autumnal Equinox. On this day, the rotation of the Sun shifted to its midpoint in the journey, on the way to the southern hemisphere. In other words, the sun’s highest point now is at the equator, and the result for us … Read more
Happy Hump Day! The number one reason for staff turnover is NOT money, its bad bosses or moreover, the things that bad bosses do. I have had staff follow me from engagement to engagement (job to job) and still, have staff that would meet and work with me, anywhere (well, almost) anytime. Why? It isn’t … Read more
The title may jog memories for some readers. During the 1992 election cycle, advisor to then candidate Bill Clinton, James Carville, (running against George H.W. Bush) used the phrase for campaign workers as a charge to focus on. He wanted people to pay attention to the economic issues (inflation) affecting how people were feeling about … Read more
Usually I try to add some “light and levity” to my Wednesday features as the content on this site is pretty heavy health policy and economics, regulatory in nature, etc. In my work, my usual Wednesday messages internally are “fun” – a bit of Hump Day humor or whimsy. By title of this post, readers … Read more
There is an age-old adage that laughter is the best medicine. I concur. We as a society, have lost our sense of humor (and our collective common sense). We take everything too seriously. No wonder depression is “up” along with loneliness. There used to be sitcoms on TV that were really quite funny. Not much … Read more
Last week, in a message from LeadingAge President, Katie Smith Sloan, she wrote about the epidemic of loneliness. Her words reflected on how leaders are prone to loneliness and how the same concept or concepts were addressed by Arthur C. Brooks in his book, “Strength to Strength”. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy back in May, alerted … Read more