Category: Life Enrichment
Fighting the Stigma – One Resident at a Time
Some residents seem like a lost cause. But a little compassion can go a long way.
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What Do College Students Have That Older Adults Often Don’t Have?
Why do we open uncapped choices and opportunities to young people, yet begin to slowly take away choice and freedom when adults get older?
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What Would It Take to Make Senior Living Desireable?
We devote a lot of time speaking to each other about how to improve resident care. What would happen if we spent even a fraction of that time listening to the residents themselves?
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At Kendal, Residents Run the Show
We don’t own the communities. We work with them, support them. One of the objectives of Kendal’s communities is to encourage residents to design their own lifestyle.
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Are You Giving Residents a Half-Baked Holiday?
For those of you who celebrated the Christmas holidays growing up, what stands out in your memory? Why should aging seniors have to leave all that behind when they enter an assisted living community?
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Is Senior Living Solving a Non Existent Problem . . . a Scary Question?
Several companies promote the value proposition of curing the loneliness epidemic in elders. But is there one?
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Everyone Poops!
Going to the toilet is a solo endeavor, private and personal. With a push of a button or staff assistance with a remote control, our residents can maintain their independence.
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Bay Village of Sarasota Got an App That Residents Can’t Stop Downloading
When your 102-year old resident pulls out his iPad to access an app, you know you have something special on your hands.
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Accepting Me
Alzheimer’s is a horrible disease that can be hard to face at times. But we can still provide joy to those suffering, and maybe learn something from them as well.
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Do These Two Values Condemn Senior Living?
No one wants to move into senior living. What would senior living need to look like for you?
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Should You Be Using Tinder for Market Research?
What do seniors want? David Stewart turns to tinder to find the answers.
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The Missing 20 Years in the Life of an Adult
At age 75, the world wakes up and celebrates all that older adults have to offer the world! So, what happened to the 20 years between age 55 and age 75?
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Balancing Safety with Independence, Personal Choice, and Dignity
A journalist contends that the idea that we all can be independent and self-sufficient until we die is pure fantasy. It’s time for a discussion, not judgment.
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Insights from Lori La Bey: ‘The #1 Online Influencer about Alzheimer’s’
SLF interviews Lori La Bey, a leading educator in dementia care. “How do you shift that level of trust?”
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How Often Are You Sending Residents to the ER Because You Don’t Know What Happened?
Every 11 seconds an older adult is treated in the Emergency Room for a fall. Here’s a system for detecting and reducing falls that has the industry’s biggest players reimagining how they address falls with their dementia care residents.
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Why Do You Even Go to Work?
Real meaning in life comes from the world we create outside of work. The big question is how can any of us, all of us, make the job we have now more satisfying?
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Would You Move into Your Own Community? This COO Did!
Amy Birkel, CEO of Heritage Communities, moved into all 13 of her company’s communities for a good behind-the-scenes look at life for their residents. The takeaways she shares are profound.
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How Asking for Help Can Boost Your Career
You never know what gem you might get.
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Have You Ever Thought About Your Ecosystem Like This?
You spend time and money to develop leads. But what happens when they come through your doors?
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Yes, We Can Create Purposeful, Meaningful Moments of Joy
You’ve got to love this kind of story
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How to Deactivate Your Rebels
Some will go to drastic measures just to prove it
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We Are, All of Us, Asking the Wrong Question . . .
No one . . . even those of us who are insiders really know what we want from our senior living experience
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Even Former MIT and Harvard Professors Can Do This! How About You?
They want to know things now. And on their own terms.
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Data from New Technologies Redefining Dementia Care
Evidence-based, data-driven approaches
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