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. 

The big goal has to be for us to keep the narrowing problem as small as possible while continuing to expand the opportunities.

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.

For many years I mostly thought wellness programs for senior living, particularly assisted living, were more marketing hype than substantive.

Just as most senior living employees find purpose in their work, many residents still seek purpose and engagement in the larger world.

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.

The opportunity is massive! When we create programming and lifestyle, every single senior living community that does these two things will be full.

Imagine that you could create a senior living community that could turn ordinary older people into superagers. 

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!

This year’s Evolve conference (2023) content has been remarkable. There were two recurring themes, things that can make every senior living community better.

I find myself wondering if we are spending enough time thinking about what total absorption experiences are or could be for residents.

Success in life and in senior living is when we can help our residents and team members see the possibilities still ahead of them.

As with anybody else, it’s not that residents wouldn’t enjoy something different, it’s just that communities have to figure out how to make it enticing.

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.

There was talk — and angst — about getting buy-in from staff and residents when introducing new ideas. But here are a few experiments that went over well!

Planned activities are important, but activities also need to be at the personal level, because residents are at the forefront of senior living.

If you aren’t recruiting dining pros with this messaging, what are you waiting for?

Do you intrinsically know that adverse incidents in our industry are on the rise? Logically, how could they not be?

Imagine that senior living became a “longevity spa,” where people came not to decline in comfort but to actually reverse the aging process.   

Boring, bland food and tray service are what most people think when you say “senior living dining.” Communities are working to change that stigma.

Imagine assuming that your residents want things to be better. It would make your communities more successful and your life less stressful.

I am a boomer — “that person” you as a senior living operator are trying to figure out Ask me now what I will want, and I will tell you that …

Face it, residents have embraced technology and want to go green by using less paper. But how, as an industry, do we adapt to residents’ preferences?