Here are some tips on how to craft a plan of correction response, effectively manage your time in a deadline-filled process and ultimately demonstrate that your community has achieved full compliance with...
How Brookdale is tackling turnover
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2016
Fully integrating Brookdale Senior Living and Emeritus Senior Living and addressing the “administrative burden” facing community leaders have been keys to reducing staff departures at the company,...
Improve job quality to improve staffing issues, report authors state
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2016
Improving pay, benefits and working conditions in long-term care will be critical to attracting and keeping workers to meet demand in a tightening labor market, according to the Paraprofessional Healthcare...
Prepare now for the coming shift in resident engagement
By
Michele Holleran, Ph.D., MBA
Sep 06, 2016
If offering an extensive variety of activities is your idea of resident engagement, think again. New research identifies four key dimensions of engagement.
Uber pilot drives resident, staff satisfaction, senior living provider says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 26, 2016
Could a ride-hailing program unlock resident and staff satisfaction by offering a solution to transportation challenges experienced by senior living communities? A senior living provider based in Canada...
Meet your new foe, same as the old foe
By
John O'Connor
Jul 28, 2016
Assisted living got where it is today largely by promising to do a better job than nursing homes. That same strategy — under admittedly different circumstances — also may be the key to future success.
What’s in a name? Your organization’s future viability, that’s what!
By
Lisa McCracken
Jul 18, 2016
Just as family names were powerful in the story of Romeo and Juliet, names and labels are critical as we look to the future of the senior living sector.
Algorithms can help address a crucial senior living issue
By
Mike Rosenbaum
Jun 30, 2016
Modern data science can help providers find the right people for each role in each department at each location.
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.
Workers, elderly focus of Women Summit initiatives
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2016
A new coalition to advocate for paid and unpaid caregivers, new legal assistance for victims of elder abuse, new materials describing women’s rights to employers and employees, and updated regulations...