Editorial
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Wellness Panel at HEALTHTAC F&B Engages Speakers in Healthy Dining Discussion
Society has placed a premium on health and wellness over the last 20 years, with the trend making its way into the kitchens and dining rooms of senior living communities throughout the U.S. Nutritious foods are now commonplace on menus,…
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Senior Living Executives Weigh in on Multi-Generational Dining at HEALTHTAC F&B 2021
The panel “Who’s Eating? Are Your Communities Cooking for Boomers and Beyond?,” kicked off the first full day of HEALTHTAC Food & Beverage 2021 on Mon., Dec. 6. Speaking from a stage at Reunion Resort in Orlando, four executives from…
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The CEO Series: Cindy Baier, Brookdale
To kick off Senior Living News’ new CEO Series, we spoke with President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookdale Senior Living, Cindy Baier. Baier leads a $3.5 billion company, more than 33,000 employees and nearly 700 senior living communities that…
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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,…