HELPFUL RESOURCES
EDITOR’S PICKS
TECHNOLOGY
Unexpected Change in Sales Compensation
Could a high-tech approach and a creative marketing presence be the catalyst to move senior living out of the institutionalization shadows?
The Future of AgeTech Is Not a Button. It’s a Village.
The biggest insight from the conversation may be this: aging technology will only succeed if it respects the people it is designed to serve.
The Future is Imaginary: The Present is Reality
Having a government program like Medicaid give all qualifying seniors a humanoid robot would dramatically decrease the cost of assisted living.
DEVELOPMENT
The Village Movement Is Growing
There is an opportunity for care providers to collaborate with local villages, or even to sponsor and support them.
Senior Housing “Is a Consumer Business”
In the long run, the prize will go to those who are able to follow people to give them what they want as they age.
Myopia and Happy Talk
Among the panelists and the LeadingAge facilitator, there was jollity, camaraderie, and commiseration.
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
I Bet You Didn’t Know …
You spend so much time at work. The same is true with your team members. How much do you really know about them — who they are, what they do?
Learned the Hard Way
Teams get stuck because they keep bumping into the same walls that everyone else already figured out how to get over — they just never said so out loud.
Are You the One Killing Your Culture?
The better question is, how do your leaders make people feel when they walk through the door every morning?
LEADERSHIP
I Blew It Bad …
A few months ago, we published an article that blew up in the wrong kind of way. I was upset by it, my team was upset by it, no one was happy.
Your Life Is the By-Product of Your Lifestyle
We have dozens, maybe hundreds, of things we do each day with little or no thought. None of it feels like a decision. That’s the point.
A Fresh Start at Brookdale
As a shareholder and senior living resident, I’ve long had an interest in Brookdale Senior Living. I bought in many years ago when the stock was at $37.
LIFE ENRICHMENT
The Other Side of the Fence …
We are in the business of caring for people. It’s often messy, complicated, and hard, but being there makes all the difference in the world.
What’s Your Trophy? Do You Even Have One?
Food should be the trophy. Not just eaten. Felt. Experienced. What’s the trophy in senior living or whatever your business is?
What Sun City Got Right And Senior Living Forgot
The key insight from Sun City isn’t the golf courses. It’s the aspiration. It’s the sense that moving there is a move to something not away from something.
SALES & MARKETING
Cultural Change from Them to Us
Can we return to that earlier culture in which the customer was central, and the enterprise served that customer?
Affiliating With the Village Movement
Imagine benefiting from a rapidly growing movement to improve your occupancy and your reputation for resident empowerment.
Is Your Pricing Fair? Do You Deliver Value?
If providers are so money-driven that the pricing is unfair, then it’s hardly a business with the integrity to become a lifelong companion.
FORESIGHT RADIO
S8E12-The Future of Senior Living Technology: Why Tech Tuesday Is Becoming Trending Tuesdays
“I hope we’re a destination people want to come to and don’t feel like they have to.”
FORESIGHT TV
Leading with Heart: Building Culture from the Inside Out
Bernie McGuinness, President & CEO of Journey, joins Steve Moran to discuss the intentional culture that powers his organization.