The most recently published editors’ columns appear below.
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Relationship advice for senior living leaders
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
These two tips could help senior living leaders establish positive relationships with employees. In fact, it’s good advice for any relationship inside or outside the workplace.
A remarkably great time to be in the senior living business
By
John O'Connor
Jun 28, 2018
Perhaps it’s too soon to call 2018 the Golden Age of Senior Living. Then again, maybe it’s not.
Seniors benefiting seniors — and the rest of us
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 25, 2018
Six residents of Meridian Senior Living shared life lessons for graduating students in a video. Video figures into another way that the company is choosing to help students, too.
Senior living might want to take a new look at an old friend
By
John O'Connor
Jun 21, 2018
Will a new twist help revitalize the private long-term care insurance market?
Several ways exist to increase your organization’s LGBT cultural competency
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2018
Senior living communities can express or strengthen their support for issues of importance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults through training and other means. A new ad will be a conversation...
Is your senior living organization ready to make some good news?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 14, 2018
You are in a position to not only read some good news, but to make some of your own.
Intergenerational programming: A growing differentiator
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
A new poll sheds light on public perceptions of efforts to foster intergenerational collaboration, and it presents opportunities for senior living operators.
Big plans aren’t necessarily senior living’s problem
By
John O'Connor
Jun 07, 2018
Daniel Hudson Burnham’s directive to “make no little plans” has inspired many an ambitious undertaking across our great country. Including, apparently, a plan by Brookdale Senior Living...
10 tips for recruiting and retaining employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 04, 2018
A new guide that focuses on recruiting and retaining direct care workers offers advice that applies to many types of senior living employees.
A labor-relations problem that usually gets overlooked
By
John O'Connor
May 31, 2018
The labor challenges that senior living operators discuss are part of a larger problem that generally is ignored.