Category: Life Enrichment
Wellness Wednesday: How to Have a Good Day
“What do I need to do today to feel like I had a good day?” I got to thinking this would be a great question to ask every morning when I get up.
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: The Importance of Pressing Pause
With everything that is going on in the world around us, I wanted to take a moment to reflect and encourage you to just, pause.
Read MoreEnrichment: The Artis Way Experience
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.”
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: How Creating Art and Following My Passion Helped My Mental Health
If we’re passionate about what we’re doing, it’s hard not to associate our career with who we are, and even harder when we don’t feel that way about our career.
Read MoreCan I Be Outraged by This? — Yes I Can, and You Should Be Too
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.
Read More“Free Forever” (Who Makes an Offer Like That?)
Free forever, pretty amazing! Who has the confidence to make that offer? It is worth finding out by reading this article.
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: Why Is It So Difficult to Treat Ourselves With Kindness?
While we like to believe we give ourselves credit for our accomplishments, we often brush them aside in lieu of “what’s next?”
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: Rejection Bonfire
Rejection is painful, especially when it’s not warranted. We all can benefit from burning our rejection letters.
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: Should I Even Be Talking About This?
Perhaps my story can encourage you. Taking the time to look at and deal with the painful stuff in your life is a sign of courage.
Read MoreA Warm Welcome at LeadingAge California
The theme was “bold,” a timely message for an industry just emerging from the pandemic to find a world of change.
Read MoreAre University-Based Senior Living Communities Really the Thing?
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.
Read MoreThe Hearing Opportunity in Senior Living, Part 3
Hearing is a challenge that is readily addressable, and in the process, addressing it can improve senior living for everyone.
Read MoreThe Hearing Opportunity in Senior Living, Part 2
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.
Read MoreThe Ridiculous Dining / Life-Enrichment Silo Problem
Creating the senior living experience is primarily up to culinary and life enrichment and yet they are separate departments one tiny and one huge.
Read MoreThe Hearing Opportunity in Senior Living, Part 1
A proactive approach to hearing, to enable residents to live fuller, purposeful lives, generates a much more positive image of senior living.
Read MoreYikes! What a Crazy Idea to Expand Your Reach and Your Revenue
It is a challenge in finding enough staff but every good idea has challenges as well that need to be overcome and figured out.
Read MoreWellness Wednesday: Podcasts for Your Mental Health
Let’s be honest, taking care of our mental health can be a challenge and stressful. Most days we have limited energy to devote to this.
Read MoreThe Bonkers Incongruity of Senior Living
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.
Read MoreThe Devil Is in the Details — Getting Nursing Homes Right
Everything done or not done would start with a single question: “What impact will this have on the resident experience?”
Read MoreResidents Want to Be Heard
As people listened to each other it converged on a belief that residents need to be heard and ignoring residents will inhibit move-ins.
Read MoreYou Can Massively Improve the Move-In Experience With This
What makes a person different? How can you ease the guilt of moving your Mom into a senior living community?
Read MoreThey Still Want to Stay at Home. How Can You Change That?
If it’s the isolation that ails then the solution, especially for those tilting into their elderly years, would be fellowship, activity, and fun.
Read MoreThe Insidious Regrets That Paralyze Your Life …
Regrets are actually part of the human condition and that our regrets can either crush us or make us better and stronger.
Read MoreMy Senior Living Destiny — No Thanks, How About You?
If that is what I have to look forward to, if that is the best senior living has to offer, then I want no part of it.
Read MoreNew Experiences — Could Senior Living Do This?
Recent Google search trends … Imagine if we were 100% focused on providing great experiences for residents (and team members).
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