by Lexi Russell | Mar 28, 2022 | General
Senior care facilities are home to a large percentage of our nation’s older adults. Home goes beyond a roof over their head and a few meals a day. Senior care facilities strive to provide belonging, support, relationships, and purpose to seniors in their care....
by Lexi Russell | Dec 19, 2021 | General
In the senior healthcare world, it is crucial to understand the perspective of the resident (or patient). Once a care provider understands the world and experiences of the resident, they can help improve their quality of life. Care providers can strive to understand...
by Lexi Russell | Sep 17, 2021 | General
As the COVID-19 vaccine is more widely available, there has been a “nearly 99 percent decline in new COVID-19 cases among nursing home residents.” Seniors and healthcare workers were among the first groups to get vaccinated, and because of this, the...
by tsaunders | Jun 21, 2021 | General
Through the last year and a half, as we have fought through Covid-19, the importance of having a positive company culture has been driven home at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Through the pandemic, areas of “company culture” that needed...
by rsnyder | Mar 22, 2021 | General
The demographic and background of the seniors currently residing in post-acute and long-term care facilities is vastly important in providing customized and individualized care. The majority of residents and patients in these facilities are of the baby boomer...
by rsnyder | Nov 6, 2020 | General
Most everyone is suffering from COVID-19 fatigue these days. The Corona Virus has been rampant in the United States since March and, as a result, most areas have been in some form of quarantine and/or lockdown. This has been difficult for everyone, but, with the...
by tsaunders | Aug 7, 2020 | General
The world has been turned upside-down this year. Long-term health care facilities and short-term rehabilitation facilities have had to change almost every policy, plan, structure, and rule. Among these changes, there have been difficult new policies, like the...
by tsaunders | Jul 23, 2020 | General
COVID-19 came to the United States in mid-February. Most states went into some form of lockdown around mid-March. Reports of the new, unknown virus were saying that seniors were among the most at risk. The concern for facilities was three-fold. Residents and patients...
