I subscribe to many blogs, mostly from elder bloggers, because I like to see who is saying what about whom. Clear? Yesterday I went to a blog about long term care. There was a post that I thought had incorrect health information and I wanted to comment. After many tries to register, comment, and even reach the blogger, I failed. Why? The blogger allows no comments and there is no profile and no email content. Then I reviewed her blogs and realized (I must be slow) that all the blogs reference similiar companies and it hit me: this must be a paid blogger. Paid bloggers are paid to blog about companies, drugs, movies, etc. This blog is NOT a paid blog.

It is run by Erickson employees who enjoy what they do and where they work and want to blog about anything and everything (here the focus is on health) that interests them in hopes others, not Erickson employees, will join in. Do we sometimes cross the line and promote life at Erickson? Maybe we slip, but if we do, its because we are passionate about where we work and what we do. No one at Erickson forces any of us to say anything, promote anything about either Erickson Health, Erickson Retirement Communities, Erickson Tribune..anything Erickson.

I thought those of you who are new to blogging, and those who have blogged, should be careful about where you blog, what you read. There is an elderblogger community that can be found through Time Goes By (also has a primer on blogging) at http://www.timegoesby.net. You can find many different bloggers there. And there are some really good blogs.

Today they had a guest blogger, Susan Fisher, who blogs at Suzzwords, http://suzzwords.blogspot.com/ who spoke about laughter and health. Personally, as a health professional, I have long believed that laughter is the best medicine. Susan’s blog reiterates that.

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