Leadership during COVID-19: What patients and caregivers have taught me
In these tough times, caregivers and patients living with central nervous system conditions are adapting in novel ways. So can we.
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3 keys to optimal COVID vaccine campaigns for senior living organizations
A COVID vaccination program is one way to protect everyone’s interests, but careful footwork is required.
Embracing technology to improve your census
A growing number of software solutions are built specifically for long-term care and can help communities in a few different ways, all of which can positively affect census rates.
It’s time for suppliers to step up, help industry recover
It’s time for suppliers to take a look at what we’re doing to ease the transition between pre-pandemic and the new normal we are now facing. Let’s take inventory of our roles and responsibilities to help this industry that has served us for so many years.
How to respond faster to residents’ maintenance requests
Want to respond faster to maintenance requests at your senior living community? There’s a lot you can do to optimize your workflow, but the real trick is in beating them to the punch in the first place.
Moving beyond uncertainty: Ensuring value from business intelligence
When data are promptly and accurately entered to maintain data integrity, the data then must be analyzed to provide operators with the vital intelligence they need to make critical decisions to stabilize and grow the success of the business.
The right tech: Here’s what’s been working to stave off loneliness in senior living
Even as lockdowns are lifted and some senior living communities resume modified family visits and social programming, the pandemic isn’t over. Many older adults still will feel more comfortable limiting their interactions. That’s where technology can help.
COVID-19’s invisible consequences for residents must make us reconsider tech’s role
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.
Residents, family members highly satisfied with senior living community response to COVID-19
Data from Sensight Surveys show that many senior living communities across the United States and Canada are perceived to have done an excellent job keeping residents safe during the pandemic.
Tips to help you manage COVID-19 vaccine communication online
After a year of hardship, senior living communities have reason to hope for better days ahead: the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. As widely reported, long-term care providers are among the first to receive vaccines that started being distributed through CVS Health and Walgreens on Dec. 21. The announcement of vaccine approval, however, is coming…
Outlook for senior living in 2021
Senior living still is an attractive space, one that can only get better as we show that we came out of the pandemic stronger than we were going into it.
Top 2021 senior living challenges: Clinical risk management upgrades, systemic understaffing issues
The COVID-19 vaccine started to roll out across the United States in mid-December with assisted living and nursing home staff members and residents, as well as other healthcare workers, first in line for inoculations. For the long-term care industry, however, the recovery will be a hard-fought effort. The industry was under substantial pressure even before…
How to empower employees to fight social isolation among senior living residents
The fight against social isolation among older adults is not new for senior living community leaders and employees. These residents, however, now are at even more risk of experiencing social isolation and loneliness, which can have negative health outcomes ranging from dementia to stroke to even coronary heart disease.
How senior living operators can come out ahead on challenging renewals – pandemics, hard markets and all
You can take steps that will equip you to deal with a lot of the short-term pressure — and also put your organization in a much better position from a risk perspective over the long term.
The benefits of in-house continence care programs for assisted living residents
I believe senior living communities can keep residents healthier longer when they limit clinical risk for residents by establishing a continence care program.
3 ways digital tools help senior living communities during the ‘new normal’
Senior living communities have been affected dramatically during the global pandemic, changing how we learn about and perceive them. Fortunately, digital tools allow these brands to maintain a positive consumer experience as we all adjust to life during the pandemic.
3 reasons to keep offering video visits even after the pandemic
Video calls have gained traction during the pandemic. When our communities start to open, visitation rules begin to relax, and families and friends can get together again, will we keep in place these video chat calls that have been embraced? We must. Here are three reasons why.
The meaning of smart aging for older adults and care providers
Aging adults have several options to choose from when they need support in their everyday lives, among them home healthcare, assisted living and continuing care retirement communities. For many, one question looms large: where can I age safely without sacrificing my independence? The good news is that technology design now can help those who care…
Why telehealth is here to stay: The opportunity for senior living
The immediate necessity of telehealth due to the pandemic will diminish soon, we hope, but continued investment and use will be critical to enabling older adults to have healthcare come to them rather than them being shipped out for their healthcare, often against their, and their families’, wishes.
How to engage senior living residents through technology
Caring for residents of senior living communities has grown increasingly complicated in recent months. Long before the coronavirus put a spotlight on the threat of isolation, however, healthcare professionals have been working to curb what largely is considered an epidemic in and of itself.
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