Editorial
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Technology in Dining
MIAMI, FL — Recently in this city, sister companies HEALTHTAC and Senior Living News held their annual boutique team building/networking/learning food & beverage event, where we were joined by operators and suppliers from as far away as Israel. This article…
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Empathy by Immersion: Through the Eyes of Residents, Part Two
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.” That Carl Jung quote above gets to the heart of an experiment/contest that Leslie Pedtke and her…
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Empathy by Immersion: Through the Eyes of Residents, Part One
With Netflix’s Man on the Inside series currently shining a spotlight on the senior living industry via Ted Danson’s exploits as a private eye embedded in a fictional assisted living community, we turn our attention to a real-life embedding. It…
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Technology: Checking in with LeadingAge’s Tech Guru Scott Code
Technology continues to be a leading topic of conversation in the senior living profession. Are there any two letters on the tips of more tongues than AI? Whether the conversation is about staffing and retention, fall detection, resident engagement, or…
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The CEO Series: Susan DiMickele, National Church Residences
National Church Residences President/CEO Susan DiMickele began her career as a lawyer. “You could say I’m a recovering lawyer,” she joked early in our conversation. After more than two decades at a large law firm where she was an equity…
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La Posada Resident Shirley Arkin: From Broadway Showgirl to Senior Living Showrunner
“I’m very fortunate,” acknowledges La Posada resident Shirley Arkin, “but most of all, I’m very fortunate to be living in a senior community. I highly recommend it. I can’t believe people say, ‘I’m not ready for that.’ Are they crazy?…
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Medicare’s GUIDE Program: How it Helps Senior Living (Part Two)
In part two of my conversation with nutritional neuroscientist and Cognitive Care Management President/CEO Brian Browne, we get into the nuts and bolts of Medicare’s new program called GUIDE (available to anybody on Medicare Part B), which Browne calls a…
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Active Ingredient in Type 2 Diabetes and Weight Loss Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
According to a widely reported new study, semaglutide, the active ingredient in many type 2 diabetes and weight loss medications, may also mitigate the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s takes the lives of about 120,000 Americans each year. Researchers…
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Medicare’s GUIDE Program: How it Helps Senior Living (Part One)
At the recent executive event in San Diego that we put on with our sister company, HEALTHTAC, a panel was held on the topic of dementia. During that panel, Cognitive Care Management President/CEO Brian Browne discussed a new Medicare program…
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Staffing Solutions: Benchmark Senior Living Says Join, Stay, Grow, Connect to Your Calling
“Join, Stay, Grow, Connect to Your Calling.” It’s a call to action at Waltham, Massachusetts-based Benchmark Senior Living. It is also a recruitment- and retention-focused mixed-media campaign to spotlight the human connection present throughout the company’s 60-plus communities. This ad…