Paradise Palms: A Senior Dining Success Story

senior living dining

“A Senior Dining Story” is a series based off fictional events that help better demonstrate the pain points of any senior living dining operation. While the story is fabricated, the practicality of our tools is not. We hope you enjoy this story and the many more that are to come!   A full dining room is…

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Order Taking in Senior Living

Order Taking in Senior Living

The landscape of order taking in senior living dining has come a long way. From pen-and-paper to digital efficiencies that elevate both resident satisfaction and staff productivity. While the goal of delivering a high-quality, personalized dining experience remains the same, the methods communities use to process orders are evolving.  The Move to Tablet-Based Systems and…

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How to Calculate Food Costs to Maximize Profits

how to calculate food costs

Calculating food costs goes beyond numbers; it’s about making smart decisions that impact your dining services, resident satisfaction, and overall financial health. In senior living, where dining is a key aspect of care, understanding food costs helps you manage resources effectively. Here’s how you can accurately calculate your food costs to reach your financial goals. …

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How Does a Menu Management System Work?

Menu Management System

In senior living, dining is more than just a meal—it’s an experience that shapes residents’ daily lives. That’s why FullCount’s menu management system is designed to do more than just organize; it transforms how your community delivers personalized, efficient, and satisfying dining experiences.  A centralized menu planning feature allows your dining team to create, modify,…

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Ingleside Enhances Resident Experience with User-Friendly Design

Enhanced Resident Satisfaction

“FullCount is a company open to client suggestions that actually does something about it. Believe it or not, it’s so rare in senior living.” – Dusanka Delovska-Trajkova, Chief Information Officer at Ingleside. Ingleside, the parent organization of three premiere, not-for-profit Life Plan Communities in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, is recognized for its dedication to…

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5 Strategies for Senior Living Community

Strong senior living community

In the heart of every thriving senior living community lies a core element that significantly enhances the quality of life for its residents: a sense of community. This fundamental aspect of communal living plays a pivotal role in ensuring not just the physical well-being of seniors, but also their emotional and social health. As society…

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Resident Portal: A Game Changer in Your Dining Room 

Resident Portal

A key feature of a comprehensive, Point of Sale system for senior living is a resident portal. FullCount’s portal is designed to enhance the lives of senior living operators and residents. With the integrated portal, your residents can make dining reservations, view menus, place orders online, and check account information quickly and easily. The online…

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Training—Made Easier

Training Staff

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 technology often means a steep learning curve, hours of downtime, and plenty of frustration—both for staff members and their supervisors.…

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Touch Screen Point of Sale

senior living pos software

What is it? Simply put, it’s a touch screen. Your community can take 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 the touch screen Point of Sale is capable of: FullCount’s tablet…

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