IT is making a big splash when it comes to labor management. From recruiting, to hiring to training to career paths, tech tools are opening up new doors — and there’s more to come.
Game theory
By
John Hall
Feb 02, 2019
Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.
Finding comfort
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2018
Transitioning to life in a senior living community can be a challenge. Operators can help ease the adjustment by making residents feel right at home.
Scrub-a-dub-dub
By
John Andrews
Jun 01, 2018
Bathing can be a pleasing, even therapeutic activity for senior living residents. Private baths have become more prevalent, yet the centralized bathing area continues to serve an essential purpose.
Gaining or slipping?
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2018
Tech tools increasingly are becoming visible in the senior living space — yet in many ways, the field finds itself playing catch up.
Money for the asking
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2017
Despite growing concerns about excess supply and changing industry dynamics, capital remains available in the senior living sector. Well-run operations have the best options.
Strong, silent type
By
Julie E. Williamson
Oct 01, 2017
Bold yet unobtrusive resident security solutions go the distance.
Picky, picky, picky
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2017
Residents and their family members are becoming increasingly picky when it comes to laundry service expectations — and that trend will only continue.
Defying convention
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2017
Conventional wisdom holds that tech innovations are slow to take hold in senior living. Conventional wisdom is wrong.
Flight risk no more
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2016
One elopement is one too many for busy tech innovators.