HELPFUL RESOURCES
EDITOR’S PICKS
TECHNOLOGY
Little Noticed at LeadingAge California Meeting
There’s huge potential for technology in senior living. Provider leaders need to stay alert, so their enterprise isn’t suddenly rendered obsolete.
What You Need to Know About Your IT. Before You Get Burned.
Because, if you’re looking to grow your organization to more than a handful of properties you’re going to get hammered if you don’t get strategic about IT.
New Staff Position Makes Residents Happier
Itzel’s title is “resident technology assistant.” You might think that would be part of the technology operation, but it’s not.
DEVELOPMENT
Big Business Conundrum: Build or Buy
A senior living asked panelists whether they favor building or buying as the better alternative for investing. Which approach provides the greater return?
The Guilt-Free Guide To Saying No: Your Sanity Is at Stake 🚫
It’s okay to say no to people’s requests. I’m not exactly an expert at this, but perhaps these 8 principles will help!
Legal Peril
Let’s hope that we can get there soon to restore justice to senior living providers and to those they serve.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
You Think Everyone is On The Same Page — They Aren’t
Some people will be aligned with your takeaways. Others walked out of that exact same meeting with a completely different impression.
Hours vs. Mission
We punched in and punched out. I lasted three weeks till I found something better … a job with purpose beyond hours.
Great Leaders Know Their Team’s Story — Do You?
This is the leadership stuff that no one ever talks about but is critical: when you know someone’s story, everything changes.
LEADERSHIP
Leadership Doesn’t Matter That Much Anymore
Is there still room, even a tiny bit of room, to lead? To make things incrementally better? To impact the actual humans in front of you?
If Someone Audited Your Life, What Would Shock Them?
Leadership work is never “done. Which is why … every once in a while, if we want to be at our best, it is imperative that we STOP.
The Changing Ethics of American Business
We all live with an unconscious shaping of our values and thinking by the culture in which we live. That’s as true of businesspeople as it is of everyone.
LIFE ENRICHMENT
Stop Testing, Start Connecting: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia Engagement
Caregivers who find something to talk about beyond care tasks build the trust that makes their work more effective and residents’ lives better.
The Money Trail: Sources and Uses of Funds
My father used to give joking advice. “Don’t marry for money,” he adjured, “but go where the money is.” That’s still true today.
I Asked AI to Be Elon Musk and Design Senior Living – The Conversation Took a Bizarre Twist
So I asked, “What if it wasn’t a senior living community? What if young families and older adults all lived together as neighbors?”
SALES & MARKETING
Could This Be The Sales Message Senior Living Needs?
People don’t buy products; they buy back their lives. They buy hope. They buy the promise of reclaiming what aging tried to steal.
A Home for Lame Ducks
How would the market respond if the industry were upfront with the implicit outcome that residents are lame ducks for life?
What CCRC Operators Don’t Want to Hear
It’s time to pull a Steve Jobs and totally upend and reinvent the industry for the better. “You’ve got to start with the customer.” – Steve Jobs.
FORESIGHT RADIO
S7 Episode 22 – From Pessimism to Potential: Designing Senior Living for Legacy, Health, and Hope with Ben Lytle
Live from the SLIF’s Fall Conference, Steve Moran sits down with entrepreneur and former public-company CEO Ben Lytle.
FORESIGHT TV
Stillness as Strategy: A Different Way to Think About Care
Steve Moran and Dr. Gary Irwin-Kenyon, discuss how stillness can reduce burnout, strengthen teams, and support more person-centered care.