Category: Life Enrichment
Who Creates the Magic at Your Community?
This is often last on the priority list, and often goes unseen and undervalued as a vital part of creating the lifeblood in the community.
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Could This Be the Fountian of Youth for Senior Living Residents . . . and Team Members Too?
This may be the lowest hanging fruit for improving the quality of life for residents during and after the pandemic.
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Senior Living and the Risk-Reward Formula
To a greater or lesser degree, every decision we make is a risk-reward decision. It exists in nearly every aspect of senior living.
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What If We Bluntly Asked This Question?
The book “Successful Aging” should be on your list if you are a senior living professional. The author, Daniel Levitin, asks this profound question . . .
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Will This Be the Silent Horror of COVID-19 in Senior Living?
Wondering if in 12 or 24 months we will be faced with our own kind of mini zombie apocalypse.
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As the World Continues to Wobble — A Love Letter
There is beauty in the struggle, strength even in heartache, and joy in the simplest of things.
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My Sucky Day
WE ARE ALL SCARED TO DEATH
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Finding Positivity in the World of COVID-19
While nothing is impossible, the current situation has us all in a paradigm shift.
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Sharing Our Video Best Practices During Uncertain Times
This is a wakeup call to all of us to rise to the challenge before us and find other ways of communicating.
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Can We Have An Honest Discussion About This?
Maybe we need to rethink this whole thing.
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What I Am Reminded of . . .
my head is a jumble with good, creative, grateful thoughts like these. When you reflect, what do you think about?
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Do You Really Care? Empathy Training for Staff
Is technology the solution?
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Where’d All the TP Go?
Many individuals and institutions are stocking up on toilet paper, literally leaving retail and wholesale shelves empty.
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What Happens When You Ask Residents About Using Apps?
What can residents tell us about technology? In a word, plenty.
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Why You Should Care About Loneliness During COVID-19
Why staying connected is not just a nice thing to do but a necessity for one’s overall health and well-being
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Six Ways to Approach the Food Critics in Your Community
Some suggestions on how the whole team can achieve the goal of indirectly satisfying resident concerns about dining.
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How An Extraordinary Partnership Resulted in Happier, Healthier, Safer Residents
It’s about the planning, goal-setting, person-centered approach, and partnership that creates the brightest results.
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What If You Could Stop Pain Up Front? – This is Fantastic
Since we’ve all experienced pain, this should really hit home for all of us.
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How to Create the Best Life Enrichment Program in The Country . . .
What kind of impact would we have on those growing older if we were really good at solving the loneliness problem?
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The Perfect Senior Living Guest Apartment Experience
I have experienced pretty good to awful but never once spectacular until this past week.
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Who Cares?
Let’s make living and thriving in senior living communities more fun for caregivers with greater dignity for residents.
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It’s All in the Story You Tell
Facts are facts. Images and stories make them come alive.
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The Senior Living Dining Revolution . . .
There is no better time for socializing, building and maintaining relationships than breaking bread together.
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This Is an Alexa “Skill” You Need to Know About
For older adults, especially those with mobility or vision issues, Alexa brings a meaningful improvement in quality of life.
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How One Senior Living Organization Tapped Both Facts and Feelings to Dramatically Improve Its Response Times
“Response times were 15, 20, and sometimes 25 minutes. I knew we had to do better.”
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