Enhancing life’s third act — health, wellness and senior living
By
Pablo S. Massari
Apr 05, 2021
Rather than designing senior living communities to shield residents from the next pandemic, landscape architects are building on trends that took root before the arrival of COVID-19.
Let’s use pandemic lessons to improve quality of care, quality of life
By
Anne Ellett, MSN, NP
Mar 29, 2021
I have been keeping track of some of the conversations I’ve had with nurses and other team members who diligently show up every day to support their residents living in senior communities. Many of them...
Leadership during COVID-19: What patients and caregivers have taught me
By
Wa’el Hashad
Mar 25, 2021
In these tough times, caregivers and patients living with central nervous system conditions are adapting in novel ways. So can we.
3 keys to optimal COVID vaccine campaigns for senior living organizations
By
Gigi Acevedo-Parker
Wendy King
Mar 18, 2021
A COVID vaccination program is one way to protect everyone’s interests, but careful footwork is required.
Retaining and recruiting employees for a healthy organizational culture
By
Pat Lamoreux
Mar 15, 2021
We all have felt the ripple effects of the pandemic as it has roared on. Yet despite unyielding stresses, never-ending regulation revisions and overall morass, one thing continues to ring true: Our team...
COVID, one year later
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2021
At this time a year ago, we still were unsure what the coronavirus would mean for the industry, for the country or for us personally. Now, effects are clear, even if we still don’t know all of the answers.
How a ‘zoom-out’ strategy can help senior living operators thrive in the post-pandemic world
By
Patrick McCormick, CPA
Feb 22, 2021
As they juggle short-term challenges with adapting to the long-term implications of the pandemic, operators can benefit from the so-called “zoom-in, zoom-out approach” that has been used by many successful...
Three home care trends with staying power
By
Bill Miller
Feb 18, 2021
If 2020 has taught the U.S. healthcare system anything, it’s that we need to be ready for change.
COVID-19’s invisible consequences for residents must make us reconsider tech’s role
By
Ted Okosi
Feb 04, 2021
It seems as if no matter the issue nowadays, tech is part of the answer. Although it might keep us annoyingly glued to our phones and have its downsides, it can be a powerful force for good as well.
Addressing the double pandemic of COVID-19 and loneliness
By
Avi Philipson
Jan 19, 2021
We’re starting a new year, and the pandemic still rages on. Its complete demise never was guaranteed, but there was a quieted optimism that the virus would be largely improved by now. On the contrary,...