Jennifer Baumbusch
@geronursing.bsky.social
Professor at the UBC School of Nursing. Mainly doing #Qualitative research and #KnowledgeTranslation in the areas of caregiving, medical complexity, climate impacts on older people and people with disabilities. Also: dogs.
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I started watching Chad Powers and thought it was dumb and then got completely sucked in because it is diabolical and I really hope there is a Season 2 but even if there isn't it is totally worth watching.
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I started watching Chad Powers and thought it was dumb and then got completely sucked in because it is diabolical and I really hope there is a Season 2 but even if there isn't it is totally worth watching.
Doesn't get more miserly than the BCNDP government cancelling overtime fund for long-term care homes.
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
They’ve been raising the alarm for months and now it’s here:
Not-for-profit care home operators in BC are having to make tough choices about core services after a provincial funding program ended
It hasn’t even been a week and seniors are bearing the brunt
SCOOP:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Not-for-profit care home operators in BC are having to make tough choices about core services after a provincial funding program ended
It hasn’t even been a week and seniors are bearing the brunt
SCOOP:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Missed baths, lonely meals: Care home funding cuts impacting B.C. seniors
In the five days since they lost a provincial funding initiative, B.C. care home operators are already having to make tough decisions about core services with the staff available.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Doesn't get more miserly than the BCNDP government cancelling overtime fund for long-term care homes.
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
Would they do this to Emergency Depts? No! But that's where all our frail, complex older adults will end up because there aren't sufficient staff in their LTC home.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
As we get heavier rains, municipalities should be adding "people who use leaf blowers to blow all their leaves into the street thereby causing street flooding" alongside ticketing people who don't shovel their sidewalks (and yes help out your neighbours who are unable to do this d/t disabilities).
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As we get heavier rains, municipalities should be adding "people who use leaf blowers to blow all their leaves into the street thereby causing street flooding" alongside ticketing people who don't shovel their sidewalks (and yes help out your neighbours who are unable to do this d/t disabilities).
What is it with people who are "just waiting" in a handicap parking spot who then double down when you tell them to move it? I was road raged on with honking by an a-hole who was "just waiting" by squeezing himself in between two parked cars, one of which was in the extra wide handicap spot.
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What is it with people who are "just waiting" in a handicap parking spot who then double down when you tell them to move it? I was road raged on with honking by an a-hole who was "just waiting" by squeezing himself in between two parked cars, one of which was in the extra wide handicap spot.
Task is all done now. Excellent show. I hope eventually there is another season. But like Mare of Eastown it might be one and done. Still, I prefer this over 1000 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Task is all done now. Excellent show. I hope eventually there is another season. But like Mare of Eastown it might be one and done. Still, I prefer this over 1000 seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
Annual flu and COVID vaccines on-board! Plus I pushed my daughter up and down 2 stories of a parkade because the building's elevator was out of order! This is what memories are made of /s
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Annual flu and COVID vaccines on-board! Plus I pushed my daughter up and down 2 stories of a parkade because the building's elevator was out of order! This is what memories are made of /s
Finished The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder club series continues with a solid 5/5 stars.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Finished The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder club series continues with a solid 5/5 stars.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
I told my husband, you cackle and laugh until the last 20 pages and then you just sob. Completely cathartic.
Took my dtr to get new foot orthotics started today. $6000. You must be joking. The prices disabled people are forced to pay for equipment are ridiculous.
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Took my dtr to get new foot orthotics started today. $6000. You must be joking. The prices disabled people are forced to pay for equipment are ridiculous.
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
Also, because gov't workers are on strike the request for co-pay won't be assessed for a long, long time (usually min of 45 business days).
If I didn't already have two shows tied for #1 this year (Andor, The Pitt), Task would be right there in #1. It took a couple of episodes to be completely sucked in but I am right there now to find out how this ride ends.
October 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
If I didn't already have two shows tied for #1 this year (Andor, The Pitt), Task would be right there in #1. It took a couple of episodes to be completely sucked in but I am right there now to find out how this ride ends.
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
Make it make sense. I have lumps in my breast. I go for a screening mammogram, then get sent to diagnostic + ultrasound. Those tests come back 'presumed benign.' I get kicked back to screening and start the merry-go-round all over again. Why get kicked back to screening each year?
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Make it make sense. I have lumps in my breast. I go for a screening mammogram, then get sent to diagnostic + ultrasound. Those tests come back 'presumed benign.' I get kicked back to screening and start the merry-go-round all over again. Why get kicked back to screening each year?
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
We are now accepting applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Public Policy. This is a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment with a start date of July 15th, 2026.
To learn more/apply, visit our website: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
#SFUSPP
To learn more/apply, visit our website: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
#SFUSPP
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are now accepting applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Indigenous Public Policy. This is a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment with a start date of July 15th, 2026.
To learn more/apply, visit our website: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
#SFUSPP
To learn more/apply, visit our website: www.sfu.ca/policy-schoo...
#SFUSPP
I've decided that next time a reviewer critiques how I use Interpretive Description in a study I'm going to send Sally Thorne an email to get her take and then include that in my response to reviews. #QualitativeResearch
October 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I've decided that next time a reviewer critiques how I use Interpretive Description in a study I'm going to send Sally Thorne an email to get her take and then include that in my response to reviews. #QualitativeResearch
NEW OA PUB: Always on duty - Fostering climate resilience in the nursing profession: A discussion paper
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange is a #nursing #workplacesafety issue that needs urgent attention.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange is a #nursing #workplacesafety issue that needs urgent attention.
Always on duty - Fostering climate resilience in the nursing profession: A discussion paper
As with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, climate change is a global phenomenon reshaping the nursing profession. While nursing organizations have produced num…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW OA PUB: Always on duty - Fostering climate resilience in the nursing profession: A discussion paper
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange is a #nursing #workplacesafety issue that needs urgent attention.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#climatechange is a #nursing #workplacesafety issue that needs urgent attention.
I was asked to be on a panel at a conference. I said I would be happy to but would need to join remotely. The lead panelist checked with the conference organizers and they said they cannot accommodate remote presenters.
Such a shame that in 2025 technology does not exist for remote participation /s
Such a shame that in 2025 technology does not exist for remote participation /s
September 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I was asked to be on a panel at a conference. I said I would be happy to but would need to join remotely. The lead panelist checked with the conference organizers and they said they cannot accommodate remote presenters.
Such a shame that in 2025 technology does not exist for remote participation /s
Such a shame that in 2025 technology does not exist for remote participation /s
Went for my mammogram today and the clerk checking me in whispered "we have the same birthday." Always a good omen.
September 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Went for my mammogram today and the clerk checking me in whispered "we have the same birthday." Always a good omen.
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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208. Terry Bush, "Maybe Tomorrow" (The Littlest Hobo theme song) #CanCon 🇨🇦 youtu.be/Ybk0SkpRjH4?...
Terry Bush - Maybe tomorrow (The littlest hobo) (Music video)
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September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
208. Terry Bush, "Maybe Tomorrow" (The Littlest Hobo theme song) #CanCon 🇨🇦 youtu.be/Ybk0SkpRjH4?...
Thursday Murder Club movie proves once again that the book(s) are always better than the movie/TV show. Some poor casting choices and whoever styled the Joyce character clearly hadn't read/listened to the audiobook. And Ibrahim is demoted to a caricature not a character. Screenplay writing abysmal.
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thursday Murder Club movie proves once again that the book(s) are always better than the movie/TV show. Some poor casting choices and whoever styled the Joyce character clearly hadn't read/listened to the audiobook. And Ibrahim is demoted to a caricature not a character. Screenplay writing abysmal.
I am now going to spend time changing the references in a paper to a different format so the journal will accept my paper even though they do have copy editors and for a 5K USD open access fee they could bloody well do this themselves.
But no.
Another win for billion dollar publishers.
But no.
Another win for billion dollar publishers.
September 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I am now going to spend time changing the references in a paper to a different format so the journal will accept my paper even though they do have copy editors and for a 5K USD open access fee they could bloody well do this themselves.
But no.
Another win for billion dollar publishers.
But no.
Another win for billion dollar publishers.
Reposted by Jennifer Baumbusch
By me from Mohave county: ‘It happened so fast’ - the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona as energy bill rise and federal aid shrinks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona
Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burns
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
By me from Mohave county: ‘It happened so fast’ - the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona as energy bill rise and federal aid shrinks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I finished watching Thunderbolts. Very good movie. I also bumped into someone who I haven't seen since before March 2020 out on the street and we had a lovely catch up. A good reminder from both that it's good to not feel alone.
August 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I finished watching Thunderbolts. Very good movie. I also bumped into someone who I haven't seen since before March 2020 out on the street and we had a lovely catch up. A good reminder from both that it's good to not feel alone.
I recently read about the CEO of the Ritz giving each employee the ability to spend 2K on guests. I don't know if this is true or not but if we ran our healthcare system that way we'd be further ahead than behind.
Anyone else remember when we could use clinical judgement to allocate resources?
Anyone else remember when we could use clinical judgement to allocate resources?
August 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I recently read about the CEO of the Ritz giving each employee the ability to spend 2K on guests. I don't know if this is true or not but if we ran our healthcare system that way we'd be further ahead than behind.
Anyone else remember when we could use clinical judgement to allocate resources?
Anyone else remember when we could use clinical judgement to allocate resources?
Reviewer: "The abstract and first paragraph are redundant and should be removed. The authors claim to have edited them, but the revised abstract repeats ideas without adding depth."
Um, isn't an abstract meant to be a summary of the entire paper? It's not where you add depth?
Um, isn't an abstract meant to be a summary of the entire paper? It's not where you add depth?
August 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reviewer: "The abstract and first paragraph are redundant and should be removed. The authors claim to have edited them, but the revised abstract repeats ideas without adding depth."
Um, isn't an abstract meant to be a summary of the entire paper? It's not where you add depth?
Um, isn't an abstract meant to be a summary of the entire paper? It's not where you add depth?