Would you want to know if Alzheimer’s disease is starting to feast on your brain? It turns out the answer soon might be in your hands.
Senior care funding is inadequate? Who’d have guessed?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 07, 2022
It appears the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has confirmed what most of us have long known: The way long-term care is generally delivered and funded bears a striking resemblance...
When senior living marketing is nothing short of sinful
By
John O'Connor
Mar 31, 2022
In “The Practical Drucker,” author William A. Cohen lays out the five great marketing sins many businesses commit. To say they are relevant to senior living operators in 2022 would be an extreme understatement.
Our attitude toward dementia needs to change
By
John O'Connor
Mar 17, 2022
More fiscal commitment is needed for research. But I think something else also is required: our attitude toward dementia needs to change.
How is senior living surviving? Good question
By
John O'Connor
Mar 10, 2022
As we’re nearing an anniversary of sorts, this may be a good time to offer an assessment and some observations about senior living survival.
How to improve senior living? Don’t just count the ways
By
John O'Connor
Feb 10, 2022
A new report offers so many specific ways assisted living can be improved. Any single item by itself can help. Collectively, they could significantly change the face of senior living — for the better.
This shouldn’t be his decision to make
By
John O'Connor
Jan 20, 2022
This is one time when a governor’s decision to ignore the Supreme Court will come at a high cost. For others, that is.
Defenseless spending
By
John O'Connor
Dec 16, 2021
The hurdles to getting coronavirus relief stand in sharp contrast to the way lawmakers are tossing billions at defense contractors and other makers of industrial-grade weaponry.
Senior living will never be the same
By
John O'Connor
Dec 09, 2021
Senior living is the best thing that ever happened to older adults and their children. But it needs to evolve to avoid being left behind.
Senior living’s grand illusion needs a reality check
By
John O'Connor
Dec 02, 2021
Senior living suffers from a grand illusion problem. Even in 2021, many of its practitioners insist it is primarily in the hospitality — rather than the healthcare — sector.