Each of us has a choice to see aging as a decline or a human continuum of positive ways we can enjoy on this ride we call life.

They may have an insecure laugh or quietly keep to themselves. They may never be noticed or seen as nuisances. They are mostly lonely.

I belong to a CNA Facebook group titled “CNA’s are AWESOME” and came across this story that continues to make me smile days after I read it. 

Artis is not a philosophy of care. It’s a philosophy of interactions. “It’s how we want leadership, associates, & residents to interface with one another.”

Life enrichment leaders who are treated that way should QUIT! Life is too short to put up with this. There are great companies that really care.

Rejection is painful, especially when it’s not warranted. We all can benefit from burning our rejection letters.

The theme was “bold,” a timely message for an industry just emerging from the pandemic to find a world of change.

A friend sent an article that suggests traditional stand-alone senior living will be replaced by new intergenerational models, and I am a fan of the idea.

Hearing is a challenge that is readily addressable, and in the process, addressing it can improve senior living for everyone.

If a middle ground is found between the extremes of price, then more people are able to have the benefits that corrected hearing can bring into their lives.

Creating the senior living experience is primarily up to culinary and life enrichment and yet they are separate departments one tiny and one huge.

A proactive approach to hearing, to enable residents to live fuller, purposeful lives, generates a much more positive image of senior living.

It is a challenge in finding enough staff but every good idea has challenges as well that need to be overcome and figured out.

Being a senior living resident is a lot like being on a jury. If you have ever been on a jury, you know what I am talking about.

Everything done or not done would start with a single question: “What impact will this have on the resident experience?”