I have noticed the way many people interchange “life care communities” with “Continuing Care Retirement Communities.” However, these are two different concepts with distinguishing...
5 unexpected lessons learned from a retirement community roundtable
By
Derek Dunham
Oct 30, 2023
The Roundtable Project is a weekly meeting that is open to marketing leaders at retirement communities nationwide.
Five dining design tips from the restaurant world
By
Jami Mohlenkamp
Megan Freckelton
Dec 12, 2016
A long-time restaurant designer and a senior living designer and architect share a few key tips, tricks and rules of thumb from the restaurant design world that they say can and should be applied to the...
With, for and alongside residents
By
Gerry Stryker
Dec 20, 2021
I’ve spent nearly four decades developing and managing retirement communities like JKV. My philosophy is simple but powerful: I believe in working with, for and alongside residents.
Using new technology to combat HAIs
By
Joe Crowley
Apr 08, 2015
Even when you do everything right, setbacks still regularly occur. One of the most prevalent and needless obstacles is failing to protect residents from healthcare-associated illnesses.
Social media complements face-to-face interactions for residents
By
Lisa Price, M.D.
Mar 20, 2017
Recent research has found that Facebook interaction among older adults is doing more than just helping them while away the time.
It’s time to take caregiver needs seriously
By
Nora Super
Oct 03, 2022
Until we make caregiving issues as important to lawmakers as infrastructure and energy, we can act on three critical intermediary steps.
Designing spaces for activated adults that encourage socialization
By
Jami Mohlenkamp
Feb 13, 2023
After a lifetime of meeting obligations from career to child-rearing, adults looking ahead to the next phase of life ideally find themselves with more time than ever to spend with the people who matter...
For assisted living communities, change is coming, but there still is time to adapt
By
Patrick McCormick, CPA
Aug 06, 2018
Assisted living operators that hope to compete for customers down the road need to change their business models and, in particular, ramp up offerings for more healthcare services.
The big shift coming to senior living
By
Matt Thornhill
Oct 23, 2023
What’s going to happen when members of your best consumer segment don’t need you anymore? We know they already don’t want what you offer.