Choose love over fear when preparing to confront challenges
By
Loren Shook
Mar 18, 2024
Silverado’s Loren Shook shares steps leaders can take to help ensure that their organizations can navigate uncertainty while fulfilling their missions.
4 best practices to improve supervisor well-being
By
Michele Holleran, Ph.D., MBA
Dec 19, 2022
Focusing on supervisor well-being never has been more important. Here are some best practices for improving supervisor well-being.
Rural LGBTQ+ elders deserve our support
By
Michael Adams
Dec 12, 2022
LGBTQ+ elders living in rural areas deserve to be supported and cared for as they age.
Legislators must ensure affordable housing for low-income older Americans
By
Marta Hill Gray
May 31, 2022
Despite a rapidly aging population, little has been done in the policy arena to ensure less wealthy older Americans can access affordable housing and receive the care they need with ease and dignity.
Ethical responses to vaccine hesitancy among staff
By
Beth Irtz, RN, BSN, NHA
Jeff Jerebker
Wendy Lustbader, MSW
Joanne Rader, RN, MN
Penny Cook, MSW
Sep 20, 2021
Using ethical principles in decision-making, especially during the challenges involved in responding to the vaccine mandate, reduce friction while providing for respectful disagreement and thoughtful deliberation.
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.
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,...
Combining the human touch with technology to improve quality of life
By
Col. Paul Bricker
Jul 13, 2020
To infuse technology into delivery of services wherever possible, it’s important to invest in programs to make innovation a part of the community culture, through partnerships with some of the most advanced...
Today’s senior living blends hospitality with residential care
By
Colin Marshall
Mar 16, 2020
Senior living management companies need to be responsive and agile to adapt to the ever-changing demands of the market. What does this mean when you have an existing community that needs retrofitting so...
A great place to work is a great place to live
By
Marilynn Duker
Aug 23, 2019
By being laser-focused on associate engagement, and by empowering our managers to do the right thing, we are confident that our culture will remain strong well into our future.