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Joy Manson
Jan 23, 20221 min read
It's Over!
I’m happy to announce the outbreak is over.
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Joy Manson
Jan 21, 20223 min read
Just Another Blurs-day
On January 19 Two staff members tested positive for Covid.
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Joy Manson
Jun 8, 20214 min read
June 6 – A Day in the Life (Wednesday)
Last night, when I was wide awake at 2 AM, it occurred to me that I’ve never written about an actual day.
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Joy Manson
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Just Hangin' Around
Lifts and slings are a big part of my life. Here’s a short course.
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Joy Manson
May 24, 20213 min read
On Training and Tolerance
Over the last 10 days or so they’ve been training new workers to replace the regular ones when they go on vacation this summer.
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Joy Manson
May 15, 20214 min read
Grumpy Old Men: Archie’s Story
Archie (not his real name) is more of an outlier than a GOM who’s set in his ways. That means he was probably always a little weird.
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Joy Manson
May 7, 20211 min read
Sightings
I just returned from a roll around the backyard. I know what you’re thinking. No, I did not get stuck and yes, I stayed on the sidewalk.
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Joy Manson
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Good and Stuck
It finally happened. Just now, outside, off the beaten track. I got myself royally stuck.
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Joy Manson
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Under Pressure
The story really began a week earlier when the “bath team” started using a new commode chair.
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Joy Manson
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Bowel Moments
I never ask for the information. They offer it to me apropos of nothing. No previous conversation.
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Joy Manson
Mar 20, 20213 min read
I am NOT Feeble Minded
I can’t believe I haven’t written about this already.
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Joy Manson
Mar 2, 20213 min read
In Praise of Personal Support Workers
In long-term care settings and in private homes, they help people like me with what’s known in the business as “Activities of Daily Living.”
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Joy Manson
Feb 18, 20214 min read
Grumpy Old Men
I’ve been a people watcher for many years.
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Joy Manson
Oct 24, 20203 min read
The Visitor
It’s something I have worried about ever since I got here a little more than three years ago.
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Joy Manson
Jul 29, 20202 min read
On Falling and Frailty
Small crisis. A visitor comes running in to announce that a resident has just fallen outside on the pavement.
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Joy Manson
Jun 21, 20202 min read
Am I Turning into a Geezer?
I said something so shocking today, I regretted it the moment the words were out of my mouth.
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Joy Manson
Jun 20, 20202 min read
Losing an "Old" Friend
The guy shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, sorry, but that’s how it goes sometimes. He pressed the elevator button and waited.
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Joy Manson
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Code Yellow
I’ve learned that no matter how bad something is, it can almost always be worse.
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