The owner of a six-bed senior living community shares advice on marketing, management and operations, and communities of all sizes may find her insights helpful.
How to prevent the spread of infectious disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2016
Use these tips from the CDC to ensure that your residents and staff are safe and that your community is attractive to potential partners in the healthcare system.
Success may be as simple as focusing on two areas
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 31, 2016
Senior living operators should focus their efforts on two areas, says elder care policy expert Laura Katz Olson, Ph.D. And one is especially important.
Crisis management 101
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 29, 2016
It’s the news no senior living administrator wants to receive: one of your community’s residents appears to have been abused, and one of your employees appears to have been the culprit.
Be smart about phones, social media
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 25, 2016
If you haven’t reviewed your human resources manual lately, now may be a good time to check your policies related to cellphone and social media use by employees during work hours — or to formulate...
Oh, the stories they’ll tell
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2015
One community will have a memorable National Assisted Living Week thanks to some local college students.