Editorial
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Dining Sparks Resident Engagement
At Lenbrook, a premier Life Plan Community in Atlanta planning a $100 million expansion, dining is more than just sustenance. It has sparked resident engagement and brought seniors and staff together in ways perhaps never imagined. Felecia Sveda, Lenbrook vp…
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Top Industry Innovators To Meet At HEALTHTAC
Discussions on innovation, disruption, operational challenges and how to transform organizations in a changing industry will top the agenda for HEALTHTAC East 2019. The invitation-only event will be held at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas, April 7-9.…
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A Breath Of Fresh Air
Residents currently moving into the first Zero Energy Neighborhood in the Portland, OR, senior living marketplace—The Oaks at Rose Villa—are getting a breath of fresh air in more ways than one. The Oaks is a 12-home neighborhood of residences within…
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Juniper ‘Integrates’ New Institute
Juniper Communities has been known as a thought leader and innovator within the senior housing industry since its inception. However, as the organization became known as one willing to take risks, the number of projects it has become involved in…
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Dining Programs Go In A New Direction
Food continues to play a large part in marketing differentiation as prospective residents shop today’s Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Life Plan Communities, and corporate executive chefs are raising the bar as competition gets ratcheted up. “Most of our residents…
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Going Big in Luxury Senior Living
A pair of new standouts in the “going big” luxury category of senior living have emerged with the debut of Summit Vista, Utah’s first life plan community, which opened its 105-acre campus in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley…
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New Year Resolutions For Technology
Innovation and technology are sure to make their mark this year on the aging services industry and will be hot topics at HealthTAC East 2019. The immersion event for senior executives working in independent/assisted living, memory care, and/or skilled/short-term rehabilitation…
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Apprenticeships A Win-Win In Aging Services
When most people think about apprenticeships, the trades often come to mind—welders, electricians, plumbers, mechanics, and carpenters, for example. But apprenticeship programs can also be a real win-win for the aging services industry, helping organizations recruit, develop and retain more…
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Calming and Comforting, Making Connections
Although the aisles were full of technology and every kind of product, service and consultancy imaginable at the recent Annual Meeting & Expo of LeadingAge, an association of non-profit providers of aging services, a number of mostly low-tech, high-touch products…
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The Importance Of Inclusion
The issue of inclusion and training staff and leadership on how retirement communities can better understand Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) residents and be more welcoming of all received a boost of awareness in recent months. Lawsuits filed by…