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Yeah for Ron!! He found me internet service on Verizon and has ordered it for me. No more writing under scrutiny!!

Truth is, there are certainly just as many day to day frustrations here as there were at the other place. The care managers are problematic, though I imagine things will improve as they get more used to me. The good thing is that there is a very good supervisor here named Diane who is on top of most situations and who actually listens and reacts when a resident has a complaint. That is something Sunrise never had -- at Sunrise NO ONE was in charge. Each care manager just set up her own little fiefdom and operated by her own rules. But, on the flip side, the care managers seem better trained and More competent.

I sure wouldn't want the job of this supervisor, though. She is ALWAYS on the run, and I've seen her dealing with countless unsavory situations. Just today I watched her talk down a loudly discordant senile old man who was certain that the kitchen was serving him a used steak sandwich, and that the new one they brought him was used also. And he was LOUD!

Actually, though, that type behavior is very unusual here. In Sunrise, most of the residents weren't cognizant enough to read or carry on a conversation. The majority of them seemed to just sit around the place in their wheelchairs and sleep or complain all day. It was very rare to see anyone initiate any independent action or conversation.

Here, on the other hand, people just move about and do their own thing. I'm in the activity room now, and people keep going in and out to smoke on the veranda. Others are working a big jig saw puzzle. In Sunrise, they all just gather around the elevator and wait for a "nurse" to take them up to bed.