Resources
Senior Living – The Benefits of Automation
Facing a 15-20 year labor shortage, senior living executives are learning to embrace automation in their operations and encouraging the uptake of automation technologies by their residents. Here’s a sampling of some opportunities to drive…
Labor Crisis: Bad Now and Getting Worse
If you are a Senior Living executive, either an Executive Director, VP of Operations, Dining Director, or Chief Financial Officer, you know your biggest challenge in 2021 is staffing. Most of the statistical analysis for…
Digital Seniors and Transportation
Digital Seniors: Time to go Virtual? Talk to a Senior in your life (or if you are a Senior) and you’ll learn three things near and dear to them: 1. They want independence2. They don’t…
Senior Living 2021 – Ten Fast, Bold Predictions
1: A little relief. Vaccines are on the way and they are showing a 95% efficacy. By June 2021, it’s expected that over 150 million Americans will have been vaccinated. And current plans (it varies…
Digital Seniors and Solving Loneliness
Loneliness. As we age, our ability to connect with the people we love decreases. Distance, the need to travel, physical limitations and economics hinder our ability to connect with meaningful people in our lives. In…
Digital Seniors: The Coming Wave
The most meaningful, groundbreaking revolution in senior living over the next ten years will be the dramatic increase in digitally enabled Senior Citizens, what we call “Digital Seniors”. This new wave of Digital Seniors, fully…
Training—Made Easier
When the staff members in your senior living community find out they’re to be trained to use a new technology, you can almost hear the chorus of sighs and groans. After all, learning a new…
Meeting Mealtime Needs
The secret to a long, healthy life might be found in your community’s dining room. Nutritious meals provide the foundation for good health—but not every diet is the same. Many seniors have special dietary needs…
A Trick to Senior Living Dining
What is it? Taking orders with a Point of Sale enabled tablet in hand. Servers can enter orders tableside in real time, limiting potential mistakes. Print instantly to the kitchen before leaving the table. What…
Keeping Tabs on Dad
Even when a parent is enjoying his new life in your senior living community, most adult children would like to occasionally—and unobtrusively—check in on his wellbeing. They may be wondering: Is he regularly visiting the dining…