More Patchwork Solutions Won’t Fix The Problem
Patching holes won’t fix a bad road… and it won’t fix our healthcare system either.
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Tag: elder care
If only I could bottle this and sell it…
My 86-year-old dad, who traveled to Europe last year and spends hours each day on the Internet,...
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Children, Please – I’d Rather do it Myself
A classic Anacin ad from the early days of TV showed a homemaker cooking at the stove when her Mother offered unwanted help by suggesting that she add salt to the dish.
Do you remember this ad and the cultural phenomenon it created?
Read MoreThe Collaboration Trap – The Wrong Way to Innovate
A few weeks ago Long-Term Living published an article titled: “National collaborative will foster innovation in senior housing and financing models”. I was intrigued because Senior Housing Forum is all about conversation and collaboration.
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Yugo Budget & Mercedes Taste – The Boomers Senior Housing Conundrum
Part 1 of two part series about the escalating gap between what aging boomers want/expect and what they can afford.
Read MoreWho’s Talking to Who?
Last week I came across an article a New York Times article titled “Assisted Living vs. Hospice: Who’s in Charge?” .
The article opens with the story of a man whose parents were in a San Diego assisted living community with the husband on hospice, because of end stage congestive heart failure.
What could you do with an extra $60-$120k per year – A Case Study: Solving the Uncompensated Care Problem
Fairwinds – Ivey Ranch, a Leisure Care Assisted Living Community located in Oceanside California recently implemented the Caretime Analytics process. This community has 163 units with 172 residents. I spent some talking with Jessica Sommer, the general manager, about how the program works in real life.
Read MoreSolving the Uncompensated Care Problem
It is well known that in the world of assisted living, uncompensated care costs communities tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue each month.
Here is what happens
On move-in a resident is assessed for level of care and a service package is developed and included in the payment agreement.
Is it possible to reach and maintain 100% occupancy? – Part 2
By Amira T. Fahoum
The first of this two part series explored how one community was willing to do a deep honest assessment of their true strengths and how they used that assessment to hit 100% occupancy. This second part in the series addresses some of the specific strategies they used to exploit those strengths.
Read MoreIt is possible to reach and maintain 100% occupancy – Part 1
By Amira T. Fahoum
Is it possible to hit and maintain 100% occupancy?
This is a question that is frequently asked and many in our industry have offered answers. There are two answers you hear frequently:
- It is impossible/unrealistic in the current marketplace.
- That some marketing organization has an easy magic cure-all available to you . . . for a price.
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The Penalties Are Coming!
According to Kaiser Health News beginning October 2012, more than 2,000 hospitals will see a penalty of up to 1% for excessive re-admissions. Current statistics show that 1 in 5 Medicare residents are readmitted within 30 days of discharge. This is bad for the patients and expensive for all of us.
Read MoreBetter Than a Nursing Home – The Kensington Model
In looking at the senior housing industry as a whole and assisted living more specifically, I see four realities:
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