Editorial

A day at the amusement park. An overnight trip to the beach. A chance to be a florist for an afternoon. These are just a few of the experiences afforded to Waltonwood Senior Living residents through the Adventures by Waltonwood program. Waltonwood Senior Living is headquartered in West Bloomfield, Michigan, …

School starts in just a few short weeks for students—back-to-school shopping is well underway!—but learning isn’t just for the young. There’s this concept of lifelong learning, which is the voluntary pursuit of knowledge, no matter your age. SRI Management was striving to embody that concept with SRI University. The goal …

Senior living companies and communities often put a lot of time and thought into their resident programming—after all, those activities play a big role in their residents’ day-to-day lives. Inspīr Carnegie Hill, located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, certainly takes that responsibility seriously when it comes to curating their event …

Many senior living communities have a lot of residents living in one building, each with their own apartment. And while that works for some seniors, it doesn’t work for everyone. That’s where Rosette comes in. Rosette is a senior living community in a single-family home—thus, only eight residents can live …

Last year, Reverend Dr. Kenneth Daniel celebrated a decade of leadership at United Church Homes (UCH). As president and CEO, Rev. Daniel has helped guide the senior living company through the past 11 years—which, of course, includes the pandemic these past couple of years. But the pandemic hasn’t stopped Rev. …

When you think of health and senior living, both physical and mental health no doubt come to mind. And most senior living communities do put emphasis on those two aspects of health; however, they’re not the only types of health to consider. Brightview Senior Living combines physical and mental health—and …

It goes without saying that senior living communities aren’t just a collection of buildings and residences; they are truly communities where seniors should feel safe, included and accepted, and where they can be cared for and encouraged to thrive during this stage of life. “I have made significant efforts over …

With all the communication tools out there—Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom and more—it would be easy for a senior living company to pick one (or a couple) and adopt that as their company-wide communication platform. But that’s not the route that Vi decided to take. Instead, they created their own internal …

It’s widely known that mindfulness and health are closely related. That’s why The Kendal Corporation and the San Francisco Zen Center joined forces to create Enso Village—a Zen-inspired senior living community. The idea actually originated more than 10 years ago, when the Zen Center proposed partnering on a community to …

In senior living communities, you expect all residents to be seniors. And at Wesley Acres, that is still true—technically. However, college senior Molly McDonough—a vocal performance major at Drake University—moved into the community earlier this month. She’ll play a big role in helping Wesley Acres, a WesleyLife community located in …