Editorial
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Spotlight on Resident Engagement: Building Social Capital
It’s no secret that the need to quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic left many residents of senior living communities feeling isolated and lonely. But improving vaccination rates are changing this. According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
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LeadingAge Is Opening Doors for the Aging Services Sector
As LeadingAge forges ahead into 2022, advocating for policy and legislation that supports older adults, the organization has also turned an eye toward public education and awareness. Throughout 2020, negative media coverage compounded the many challenges that the Pandemic brought…
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The Green House Project Takes on New Relevance
The Green House Project opened its first home nearly 18 years ago. Since then, nearly 360 eldercare homes across 32 states are designated “Green House” homes. But more recently, this not-for-profit organization committed to redefining traditional nursing homes has garnered…
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LeadingAge Looks to a Future of Continued Legislative Advocacy, Workforce Improvements
LeadingAge is signaling a new era for the aging services sector. The organization returned to an entirely in-person annual conference and expo in October and in January, National President and CEO of Volunteers of America Mike King will begin his…
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A Growing Number of Providers Are Offering Content as a Service
Technology use among older adults has grown significantly over the past two years. Pew Research published in 2019 on U.S. technology use by generation found that technology adoption rates among Boomers has increased significantly in less than a decade, with…
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Back to Business: LeadingAge Members Turn the Page in Atlanta
This past week, LeadingAge held its first in-person annual conference and expo since 2019. Ongoing Covid concerns among some members kept attendance levels below what they had been at LeadingAge’s 2019 conference in San Diego. But from Oct. 24 to…
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Covid Continues to Inform the Future of Dining
Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dining operations in the senior housing industry, the dining experience remains as important –if not more so—to residents and their families. In fact, the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Senior Living Satisfaction StudySM,…
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Senior Living Communities That Serve As Local Talent Incubators
This is Part 2 of a 2 Part series. The companion article, published earlier this week, addressed how three senior housing operators, separate from those featured below, are approaching their search for workers without senior living experience. During a LeadingAge…
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These Senior Living Communities are Combatting Staffing Shortages with Innovative Solutions
This is Part 1 of a 2 Part series. The companion article will address how three senior housing operators, separate from those featured below, are approaching their search for workers without senior living experience. Part 2 will publish on SeniorLivingNews.com…
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Technology in Senior Living: Adapting & Powering the Industry Forward
The senior living industry and technology have not always gone hand and hand, however COVID-19 forced the industry to adapt into the 21st century and inspire meaningful change.