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When the Residents Build You Up and The System Tears You Down: How do YOU manage a balance? By Cathy Braxton, Improv4caregivers

I have recently taken on a project that has had me wanting to crawl into a dark hole at the end of the day and cry. I have gone to anyone and everyone that is willing to listen to me so I can vent my frustrations.... Talk about holding the bucket!!!

Between meetings, resident interactions, programming needs, staff shortages, caregiver education, family grievances and the all too common need for communication interventions (because the system still recognizes reasonable reactions as “behaviors” and continues to . . .

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