The Baby Boom generation is a huge demographic that will have a significant impact on the senior living and healthcare industry, but it cannot be considered as a homogenous group.
Your choice: Likable or memorable?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2023
If you’re looking to devise or revise a slogan for your organization, you may need to choose between likableness and memorableness, according to the findings of a recent study.
New research can help you attract prospective employees, residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2024
To attract prospective employees or residents, your senior living community must meet them where they are. If you’re hoping to meet them on social media, new research provides a roadmap of sorts.
5 prospect concerns and the opportunities they present
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2023
A new report details five “critical concerns” that could be keeping prospective senior living residents from moving in.
Jonesing for separate recognition
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 15, 2024
How is it that in my 11 years of writing about the long-term care profession, which has been talking about the coming “silver wave” of baby boomers all that time (and more), I don’t recall ever hearing...
‘The Golden Bachelor’ could be a golden opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2023
Is “The Golden Bachelor” another example of stereotyping and ageism? Or is the show’s outreach and focus on older adults a reason to cheer?
Philanthropy is a team sport
By
Z. Allen Abbott, PhD
Marianna Calabrese
Cheryl Franceschi
Sarah Malchow
Lisa Woletz
Apr 22, 2024
The most essential characteristic for philanthropic success is teamwork. When all understand their vested interest in philanthropy’s success, and they understand the role they play, everyone wins.
Why pricing transparency in crucial in senior living
By
Lynne Moore
Apr 15, 2024
The next generation of senior consumers will be more discerning about how and where to spend their money — and in their definition of value.
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.
Seeing is believing for prospective residents
By
Adam Manchester
Sep 25, 2023
The process of selecting a senior living community can be both daunting and overwhelming. That’s why it’s so important to help prospective residents and their adult children both see and feel what...