Tag: seniors

ASHA Educates

Demystifying Senior Living

Learning about senior living can be overwhelming, especially to newcomers. It’s an industry people seldom think about until they’re facing the decision to move in themselves or help a parent take the step. Everyone has questions. What it like to live in a community? What’s the difference between all the options? How much does it […]

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Senior Citizens’ Day

A time for reflection

With new holidays and observances cropping up all the time, can be hard to keep track. But there’s one upcoming celebration not to be missed: Senior Citizens’ Day, marked each year on August 21. While thinking of ways to honor the special seniors in your life, let’s recall the origin of this important observance. It […]

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Yardi Senior Living Forum

Welcomes Clients to Santa Barbara April 25-26

The Yardi Senior Living Forum will return to the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort on April 25-26, 2018. The event is a targeted, intensive learning and networking opportunity designed for senior living professionals including directors, nursing staff, sales and marketing, executives and more. Attendees will gain deeper insight into the Yardi Senior Living Suite, including […]

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Senior Living Retention

Adding Value with Activities

There is a perception that senior living residents are a captive audience. That’s not entirely true. Enhancements to dining and lifestyle services are a retention strategy for when residents and their families sit down to sign lease renewals. Let the value-add services that you offer outshine your competition. Unique Experiences Offer residents an experience that […]

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Triggers to the Past

Memory Care

Glenner Town Square replicates a 1950s-era village to help seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia maintain cognitive function.

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Memory Care Cruise

Bonding Over Senior Health

“Connecting Circles of Care and Bridging Bridges of Hope”, a seven-day Alaskan cruise, will bring together caregivers, medical professionals and families to bond and learn about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Aging in Place

Easy Design Hacks

According to the 2012 AARP Public Policy Institute study, more than 90 percent of seniors plan to age in place for the next five to 10 years. Today’s seniors value features that allow them to maintain independence within their home without relying on care providers or family. Fulfilling that dream may be harder than they […]

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Seniors + Safety

Hurricane Harvey

Viral photo of flooded assisted-living facility in Houston demonstrates importance of disaster preparedness for senior living communities.

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Building Bridges

Memory Care

Senior Living Provider Unveils Creative Memory Care Program designed to provide comprehensive, individualized care .

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Masako Wakamiya

Busting Up Stereotypes

81-year old Masako Wakamiya is proving to the world that age is really just a number. At a TEDx conference in Tokyo, a lively, energetic, self proclaimed “chatterbox” Masako professed angst at the thought of retiring at age 60–the requirement in Japan. It’s why after 43 years working at a bank, she decided to teach […]

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Kindness Rules

Senior Giving

Benchmark Senior Living employees commit 1000 Radiant Acts of Kindness during the month of June.

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Bilingual Brains

Dementia Prevention

A new slew of studies on brain function reveal bilingual ability can not only delay dementia, but also preserve memory and help older brains stay focused.