Brian LeBlanc Reprinted with Permission from “A Bit of Brian’s Brilliance: Stories and Experiences as I Journey on with Alzheimer’s!” Shortly after I was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2014, I came up with my tag line, “I Have Alzheimer’s… Read more
Category: Editorials and Opinions
A New Year…New Learning
“FUN + Learning = The Best Educational Experience” ― Tamara L. Chilver Joan Devine, RN, BSN Director of Education, Pioneer Network When we think about learning, our thoughts often go to the formal education we receive in school, or perhaps the… Read more
A Thanksgiving Message From Pioneer Network’s President & CEO, Penny Cook
As we approach Thanksgiving, I reminisce about why it’s my favorite holiday. I love that in my family we gather without the exchange of gifts, without commercialism, and enjoy each other’s company while cooking, eating and then usually, eating again…. Read more
Carter Catlett Williams
In 1997, Carter Catlett Williams was determined to work toward changing nursing homes so that the quality of life for elders could become more life-affirming. She convened a small group in Rochester, N.Y. of others dedicated to independence and quality… Read more
Who Would Have Thought?
Joan Devine Pioneer Network Director of Education If you had told me a year ago that we would be doing and seeing some of the things that have now become an everyday part of our lives in this world dominated… Read more
How You Measure Nursing Home Quality Matters
Rahzeb Choudhury, Founder, Lifelong Inspiration – simple solutions for complex problems, Amsterdam Area, Netherlands It stands to reason that when you rate a care or nursing home as outstanding, good or bad, you need to be using the right measures… Read more
Blessings from the Heart of Berkeley in a Time of Pandemic
Barry Barkan, Co-Founder Pioneer Network So. Here we are in the midst of the global pandemic of 2020, a crisis only a very few among us –prophetic voices who have been essentially ignored– could have imagined. May we all be… Read more
Tired to Inspired
People are tired in senior living. One of the reasons turnover rates are so high in this field is because the work we do is so darn physically, emotionally, and mentally draining. Senior living provides some of the most rewarding… Read more
I’m Dying, but Here’s the Thing… So are you.
Article and Photos By: Michelle Olson, PhD, LCAT, ATR-BC, ACC/MC I had the joy and honor of raising monarch butterflies this past fall. I mean we all know that butterflies come from caterpillars. But to closely watch the process through every phase… Read more
A New Year’s Message from Penny Cook
Penny Cook, Pioneer Network President & CEO The dawn of a new decade, 2020. Have you thought to yourself as I have, how can this be? Weren’t we just worrying about Y2K? It’s said that we feel time passing more… Read more
