We Are PALTC is a public education campaign to bring awareness to the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting, the people who practice it, those who live in it and are otherwise affected by it.
Often, the focus on the PALTC setting fails to recognize the dedicated and compassionate service of health-care professionals like you and the positive things happening in our communities.
Therefore, each month we are highlighting heartwarming stories and articles showcasing how the PALTC setting is brightening the lives of its residents, even amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Submit items for future issues of We Are PALTC to slaing@paltc.org.
April 2022
- 'We had to be there': Staff walked more than 2 miles in winter storm to Mount Holly nursing home
- Employers looking to hire first responders, health care staff at job fair
- Nursing homes spearhead donations for Ukraine
- Indiana nursing homes collecting supplies for Ukrainians impacted by war
- Grannies in Tennessee make 'Love Bears' for Ukrainian refugee children
- Students deliver birdhouses to River's Bend in collaboration
- Author Sam Mym's New Book, 'Life at the Angel's Nest Nursing Home', is a Reflective Piece on the Lives of the Elderly and All They Can Teach
- Local church makes 70 Easter baskets for a nursing home
- On Des Moines' west side, friends whip up home-cooked meals for nursing home workers
- Volunteers sought to advocate for nursing home, assisted living residents
- Developing Town: Pink Ladies and the nursing home
March 2022
- Girl scouts deliver to area senior facilities
- Watch elderly residents revert to their childhood selves with joyful indoor tube rides
- ST. PATRICK'S JIGS: Academy of Performing Arts dancers share their talents with nursing home residents
- Interim Home Health and Hospice: Never the end of the line
- Volunteers prepare gift of carnations for St. Patrick's Day
- Virtual reality could help ward off Alzheimer's by making people feel less lonely
- Hospice is Love: Social Worker Speaks to Rewarding Experiences Working with Hospice Patients
February 2022
- Shelter dogs make valentines for local nursing home residents
- Senior Living Center gives residents a special Valentine’s Day, with surprise from community
- Clarksburg nursing home gets Valentine’s drive
- Traverse City Nursing Home Receives Valentine’s Day Surprise
- Pre-K students learn a lesson on love, brighten nursing homes just in time for Valentine’s Day
- Petals for a Purpose program delivers Valentine's Day flowers to nursing homes
- Seniors in Orangeburg celebrate Valentine's Day
- 10,000 Valentine's Cards Handmade for Older Adults in Care Facilities
- Clark County task force, Springfield elementary make Valentine’s goodie bags for nursing home residents
- Words of Wisdom from Six Inspiring Seniors for 2022 and Beyond
- OK teen uses money to buy gifts for the elderly
- Siblings donate robes to hospice patients in memory of their mom
- A Pittsburgh nursing home looks to in-house training and better pay to ease a staffing shortage
January 2022
- Georgia nursing home residents share sweet wedding day
- After sending hundreds of holiday cards, NJ toddler turns focus to Valentine’s Day
- Now that's an old master! How care home has transformed its residents into classic works of art
- Nursing home offers sleigh rides for patients
- Kane Tanaka, born in 1903 and world’s oldest person, celebrates 119th birthday in nursing home
- Retirement home ‘rocks’ video contest and wins 2nd place
- Delivery Care Robots Are Being Used to Alleviate Nursing Staff
- LTSS Choices: Empowered Direct Care Worker: Lessons from the Green House Staffing Model
- Nursing home workers set to get hazard pay after nearly two years of pandemic work
- Mills Administration Announces Increased Payment Rates for Long-Term Care Facilities to Support 125 Percent of Minimum Wage for Direct Care Workers
December 2021
- Fast-acting staff reduced death toll at nursing homes struck by tornadoes
- Memory Café offers safe, fun space for dementia patients to get out and socialize
- Vikings legends, local football team bring cheer to Fertile nursing home
- 'Assisted Living the Musical' sequel is selling out
- Annual Letters to Santa program ensures GCC’s residents are never forgotten at Christmas
- Drive-thru Santa visit returns to Colorado Springs
- Abbeville assisted living hosts fun and friendly Christmas decorating competition
- Arizona foundation showers residents with brightly wrapped gifts
- Nursing home residents visit Festival of Trees at Fort Fisher Aquarium
- Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home holds drive-in movie night
- Senior citizen sock drive seeks to warm hearts, feet of some Red Springs residents
- No kidding: Chill 105-year-old shares secret to a long life
- Employees win cars for being vaccinated against COVID-19
- Penguins delight residents at British care home with Christmas visit
November 2021
- Residents treated to their own street hockey game
- Play ball! Annual baseball game honors Florida veterans
- 70-Year-Old Sets Record as Oldest Woman to Climb El Capitan in Yosemite, to Better Know Her Son
- More Than 70% of Older Americans Feel Younger Than They Actually Are – And Are Embracing Aging
- Nursing home surprises Elvis super fan with visit to Graceland
- MS Society Aids Waterview Hills Resident
- Online arts programming improves quality of life for isolated seniors
- Pink and purple galore: CNA honored for 45 years — and she’s not done yet
- Residents’ personalized effort puts $37,000 in their caregivers’ pockets
- Wisconsin facility goes solar for seniors
October 2021
- America’s longest-living married couple celebrates 86th anniversary
- This French Pianist Has Been Playing For 102 Years and Just Released A New Album
- A ride in the skies: Facility helps resident fulfill dream of riding hot air balloon
- Cognitive function maintained among elderly who feel good about life
- Nearly a millennium of fun: NY facility celebrates 9 centenarians
- Going Mobile: Irish group shows how to lighten the mood during pandemic
- It’s Never Too Late to Fall in Love
September 2021
- Man on Mission to Make Music Accessible for Dementia Patients
- Man’s best friend: Nursing home residents gift robot therapy pets for emotional support
- Construction workers and assisted-living residents form unlikely bond
- Oohs and Oz: First party in 18 months is a Toto success
- Like therapy in a gift box, service reminds lonely seniors of their ‘purpose’
- ‘Granfluencers’ taking to social media to ‘show off’
- Seniors Series: Bridging the gap between seniors and high-schoolers
- Castle Rock woman looks back at 100 years
- Serendipitous encounter led Metro State professor to endearing friendship with 86-year-old veteran
- A dream come true
- Nursing Home Residents in for Musical Treat
August 2021
- Repairing the world gets a little easier with new children’s book from resident and employee of senior living community
- Veterans Center receives more than $13,000 activities donation
- Cookout honors employees at Green Bay nursing home
- Scent with Love brightens Pittsburghers' days with repurposed flowers
- Nursing home residents attend group outing at the zoo
- Burrell students deliver board games, fun to Belair nursing home residents
- Nursing Homes Use Virtual Reality Tech to Help Residents Cope with Isolation
- Versailles Rehab Center celebrates social wellness month
- Teen Volunteers Get a Foot in the Door for Nursing Home Careers
- Care centre buys adapted beach wheelchairs for residents
- Braintree care home takes residents on virtual world cruise
July 2021
- Grayling Nursing Home to Celebrate 200 Days Covid-19 Free
- Missouri nursing home residents ‘horse around’ after year inside
- New adult trikes a big hit at senior center
- A joy to cook for nursing home
- United Way of Roanoke Valley volunteers add joy to senior living homes by hanging birdhouses
- New dementia household opens at Shrewsbury nursing home
- Paint and Sip: Seniors at De Pere assisted living facility enjoy Paint n Sip class
- Seniors get bunny hugs, thanks to a soft-hearted teen with a plan