3 strategies to deepen engagement with residents and their loved ones
By
Jaylee Baird, CDP, CALA
Apr 08, 2024
As senior living community leaders look for ways to serve and foster deeper connections with residents and their loved ones, three engagement strategies have proven highly successful.
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.
Support is a way to keep workers who are family caregivers
By
Anna Walters
Jun 18, 2018
Senior living operators are facing historic rates of turnover, decreasing revenues and increasing competition. One way to address these issues is to offer human resources and other programs for workers...
Putting caregiver issues in politics: The Family Caregiver Platform Project
By
Ben Scribner
May 08, 2017
The goal of a recent grassroots effort was to raise awareness of caregiver issues among hundreds of political leaders by pushing to get some of those issues onto state political party platforms.
The technology senior living communities actually need
By
Annabelle Carter Short
Nov 25, 2019
From the perspective of a family caregiver of someone living with dementia, here are some senior living technologies that communities can use to improve their operations.
Caring for caregivers all year
By
Tom Rotz
Feb 21, 2017
November has been designated National Family Caregivers Month, but our appreciation doesn’t need to be limited to one month of the year.
Uniting aging in place and healthcare for older adults
By
Maureen Hewitt
May 31, 2016
A promising approach to the care of older adults brings together affordable housing — allowing older adults to age in place — and PACE healthcare services.
Operational design for a dementia-focused future
By
Mimi DeVinney
Aug 28, 2023
An increasing number of providers of services for seniors will be required to serve people with dementia and their caregivers across all levels of care. Aligning all facets of operations to serve this...
A plan for America: Invest in our direct care workforce
By
Daniel R. Wilson
Mar 27, 2017
PHI has released recommendations to the Trump administration and Congress for meeting the need for more direct care workers to care for older Americans and people living with disabilities.
Care coordination begins with you
By
Maureen Hewitt
Nov 16, 2015
Care coordinators are the bridge between the older adult, staff at the living environment and outside healthcare providers.