Robert G. Kramer, founder of aging services think tank Nexus Insights and co-founder, former president and CEO and current senior adviser to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently...
Meal upgrade
By
John Andrews
Apr 15, 2019
Food quality is one of the main reasons residents choose to stay. And operators are getting the message, loud and clear.
Game theory
By
John Hall
Feb 02, 2019
Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.
Is it ever too homey?
By
John Hall
Oct 31, 2018
Stakeholders observe necessities, limits of ‘home-like’ design movement.
Serious about rehab
By
John Andrews
Oct 17, 2019
Senior living communities are thinking about their place providing post-acute care patients with clinical help.
Stress relief
By
John Andrews
Jun 03, 2019
The bathing process in senior living can bing stress to everyone involved. For residents, its’s a fear of vulnerability. For caregivers, i’s providing a safe and comfortable experienced for...
Wash on, wash off
By
John Andrews
Oct 31, 2018
Laundry operations are in perpetual motion to maintain an air of cleanliness.
New options emerge
By
John Hall
Dec 04, 2018
Resident security in senior living today bears no resemblance to what it was just a decade ago. Locks and alarms — the stuff that long have defined resident security — always will be relevant. But...
Briefs: Food services
Apr 01, 2022
Dining robots, showcase communities and the diet-life expectancy connection.
CEAL@UNC brings ‘established infrastructure’ to take assisted living into the future
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 05, 2024
Sheryl Zimmerman, MSW, PhD, executive director of the newly established CEAL@UNC, recently spent a few minutes with McKnight’s Senior Living to discuss how the organization is working to develop evidence,...