Category: Life Enrichment
I Want to Move Into a Place Like That
There are so many amazing stories to tell, and when you get your storytelling right, people will be lining up to move into your community.ย
Read MoreI Want a Job Like This
We have to create a work environment where the day-to-day feels like something special. This is a great example of that kind of storytelling.
Read MoreThis Is Insane
We spend more on lawn care than activities. Maybe we are more concerned about how our communities look than what it is actually like to live in them.ย
Read MoreThe Senior Living Narrowing Problem
The big goal has to be for us to keep the narrowing problem as small as possible while continuing to expand the opportunities.
Read MoreSteve Moran FINALLY Got to Go to Prom
These moments in time represent the very best of senior living. It is the perfect example of community, something that you simply cannot get at home.
Read MoreI Had to Rethink This Idea
For many years I mostly thought wellness programs for senior living, particularly assisted living, were more marketing hype than substantive.
Read MoreResidents Are the Mission
Just as most senior living employees find purpose in their work, many residents still seek purpose and engagement in the larger world.
Read More10 Things Families Hate About Senior Living Leaders โ Humor
From quirky “early bird” dinner times to off-key karaoke nights, get ready for a humorous take on the ups and downs of senior living.
Read MoreWill This Finally Make Senior Living Sexy?
The opportunity is massive! When we create programming and lifestyle, every single senior living community that does these two things will be full.
Read MoreIf This Worked, You Would Never Have to Worry About Occupancy Again
Imagine that you could create a senior living community that could turn ordinary older people into superagers.ย
Read MoreCongratulations to These 2023 Foresight Award Winners!
The fourth annual Foresight Awards were announced at Evolve 2023. We celebrate the winners, and everyone who makes senior living a great place to work and live!
Read MoreThe Two Big Takeaways From the First Week of Evolve 2023
This yearโs Evolve conference (2023) content has been remarkable. There were two recurring themes, things that can make every senior living community better.
Read MoreHappiness Is About Being Completely Absorbed
I find myself wondering if we are spending enough time thinking about what total absorption experiences are or could be for residents.
Read MoreWhen I Get to Be 90
Success in life and in senior living is when we can help our residents and team members see the possibilities still ahead of them.
Read More10 Ways to Get Residents to Like Your Weird Dining Ideas
As with anybody else, itโs not that residents wouldnโt enjoy something different, itโs just that communities have to figure out how to make it enticing.
Read MoreA Memory Care Revamp?
Memory care is what some of our loved ones call home, and home is what it needs to feel like. It’s time we put ourselves in our residents’ shoes for once.
Read More8 Doable Dining Ideas Your Residents Will Eat Up
There was talk โ and angst โ about getting buy-in from staff and residents when introducing new ideas. But here are a few experiments that went over well!
Read MoreA Radical Way to Transform Activities
Planned activities are important, but activities also need to be at the personal level, because residents are at the forefront of senior living.
Read More5 Ways Senior Dining Beats Commercial Restaurants, According to Chefs
If you arenโt recruiting dining pros with this messaging, what are you waiting for?
Read MoreThe Same Rain Falls Upon Us All
Do you intrinsically know that adverse incidents in our industry are on the rise? Logically, how could they not be?
Read MoreManipulating the Aging Process
Imagine that senior living became a “longevity spa,” where people came not to decline in comfort but to actually reverse the aging process.ย ย ย
Read More12 Dining Themes Everybody Was Talking About at Synergy
Boring, bland food and tray service are what most people think when you say โsenior living dining.โ Communities are working to change that stigma.
Read MoreWhat If You Trusted Your Residents As Much As They Trust You?
Imagine assuming that your residents want things to be better. It would make your communities more successful and your life less stressful.
Read MoreI Have No Idea What I Want
I am a boomer โ โthat personโ you as a senior living operator are trying to figure out Ask me now what I will want, and I will tell you that โฆ
Read More8 Ways to Update Residents
Face it, residents have embraced technology and want to go green by using less paper. But how, as an industry, do we adapt to residentsโ preferences?
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