6 ways to minimize risk within your senior living community
By
Kenita Hill
May 12, 2022
If you can maintain a low level of risk in your senior housing community, it can keep your residents and staff members safe.
Meeting the demands of consumerism in healthcare
By
Jason Gottschalk
Jun 11, 2020
For centuries, consumers have measured healthcare providers by one metric: clinical outcome. Today, as senior living becomes more healthcare-focused, consumers no longer focus so narrowly.
Using secure messaging to improve resident engagement and satisfaction
By
Galina Datskovsky
Nov 01, 2018
Today’s older-adult patients and residents no longer are averse to using mobile technology to help manage their personal health, which presents providers with the opportunity to offer digital solutions...
How one operator incorporates music into residents’ lives
By
Dan Cohen
Feb 09, 2017
More than 3,000 U.S. senior living and long-term care communities are realizing the benefits of incorporating music into the lives of the residents, making it one of their most effective nonpharmacologic...
Readmissions in assisted living: Closing the revolving door
By
Steven Fuller, D.O., Ph.D.
Jan 21, 2016
Assisted living communities have a financial incentive to more closely align with healthcare leaders. Zero hospital readmissions should be our goal for the new normal.
How evidence-based design can benefit senior living
By
Emily Kantz
May 26, 2016
An emerging design approach known as evidence-based design, through which design decisions are based on credible evidence and research, can help create senior living spaces that are as comfortable as they...
The right technology can simplify contact tracing, promote social distancing
By
Michele York
Jul 16, 2020
As senior living communities and other long-term care settings across the country work through the various phases of reopening, it’s become apparent that solutions for contact tracing and social distancing...
3 ways digital tools help senior living communities during the ‘new normal’
By
Annie Haarmann
Nov 19, 2020
Senior living communities have been affected dramatically during the global pandemic, changing how we learn about and perceive them. Fortunately, digital tools allow these brands to maintain a positive...
How to help reduce and prevent mosquitoes in your senior living community
By
Ian Williams
Jul 06, 2023
You can take several proactive measures to help prevent mosquito populations and get back to focusing on employee well-being and resident care.
How an LTC pharmacy can help your assisted living community
By
Rich Eakins
May 12, 2016
Assisted living communities can use a long-term care pharmacy’s unique skills and services to address billing and clinical support challenges.