Category: Life Enrichment
Wellness 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).
Read MoreGalas, Life, and Friendships
Is this grassroots model something that might elevate the resident experience in senior living?
Read MoreEntertainment: Passive or Active Programming?
Does your activities staff leave to get work done while the entertainer takes over? Or do they get involved, singing and dancing along?
Read MoreA Powerful Way to Change the Perception of Senior Living
Why are pictures more powerful than words? The visuals (video and photos) work because there is a story behind them.
Read MoreThrow Away Your Activity Calendar
Most activity/life enrichment professionals think there’s only one way to plan an activity program. They become fixed on one main purpose.
Read MoreThe Revolt Against Brainless Programming Is On
Are we on the edge of a senior revolt? Maybe we should be. Maybe it would shake us up a bit.
Read MoreA True Story
Her story was simple and common. Sometimes breaking the rules is the right thing to do for everyone involved.
Read MoreWhat Do Residents Want?
Changing to an empowerment culture can make better living a promising prospect for people who want a less hassled, secure existence.
Read MoreMake Your Stress Work for You
The key is to think of stress as a certain energy … it can be guided positively or negatively like any kind of energy.
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