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As Long Term Care Ombudsmen, our work is to ensure that residents of long term care facilities consistently receive quality, dignified, person-centered care. Often residents and their family members believe freedom of choice has ended upon admission into a long term care facility and that there are limitations on input about the care they receive. On the contrary, not only is choice a vital part of the resident’s quality of life but it is required by law that the facility provide it to all residents.
Read moreIf you keep a journal or a hand-written to-do list, you probably appreciate the tactile pleasures and slower pace of writing by hand. Although it may seem quaint in a world full of digital devices and voice-totext apps, handwriting is an important skill that can help sharpen your brain, slow the frenetic pace of your thoughts, and improve your memory. National Handwriting Day is observed on January 23, the birthday of John Hancock — the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. His autograph became so famous that we now commonly use ‘John Hancock’ as another term for ‘signature.’
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Are you ever distracted from doing what you started? I’m sure we all are, but every time I think I’m going to start writing this column, it can get to be quite a challenge and even comical. I’ve been thinking for 3 days about what to write about. Then, when I think I know, it takes FOREVER to get it going on the Mac. Before I even have time to find it, the phone rings. It’s the library telling me several boxes of cards have been brought in from people donating them to my cause of making cards 4 times a year for about 340 residents from 6 area nursing homes. All I have to ask Resses is “Do you want to go?” She grabs one of her chew toys and starts to wiggle as she runs in circles. So, I load her up in the car and we’re off to the library. My goodness, there must be hundreds. I’m ecstatic!
Read moreOKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 21, 2022) – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister made the following remarks about the announcement by Marcie Mack that she is resigning from her position as CareerTech director. Dr. Mack, who has led the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education since 2015, will take a position with Mid-America Industrial Park in Pryor Creek.
Read moreOKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Wendi Stearman, R-Collinsville, filed three bills in support of the rights of Oklahomans against oppression and against the exploitation of the COVID-19 virus.
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We strive to console others in their pain while trying to heal our own broken hearts. In doing so, the one fable we hear most often is “It just takes time”. It is true that with time, all things in life change; however, we cannot just sit and wait for Father Time to arrive.
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Ever received a frantic phone call from someone needing help? Out of nowhere in a dazzling blue sky, that swiftly moving thunderstorm of need rolls in over your nice quiet afternoon. And the peaceful rhythm of the day is suddenly set to an uneven beat.
Read moreChoiceMatters, an Oklahoma non-profit dedicated to increasing education options for parents, today praised Oklahoma State Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat for filing SB 1647, the Oklahoma Empowerment Act. The bill proposes giving parents control over a portion of their children’s education tax dollars, in the form of Oklahoma Empowerment Accounts. The accounts would be eligible to fund private school tuition or to supplement home schooling with approved technology expenses, enrichment materials or other educational services.
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