For nearly a decade, American seniors have steadily grown more comfortable with hospice. Nowhere has that growth manifested itself more than in assisted living. Yet for a variety of reasons — including the lingering taboo around hospice and the administrative burdens that come with Medicare — hospice remains largely an assisted living outsider, according to […]
Joanne Ford knows all too well the challenges hospice faces in senior living. “One of the barriers for people making referrals to hospice from assisted living facilities is (AL operators say), ‘We don’t want people to see hospice in our building — please don’t wear your name tag here,’” says Ford, vice president of the […]
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Social isolation. Dementia support. Pain management. Staff training. Today, senior living operators are starting to look at virtual reality as a piece of the solution to these challenges — and they’re starting to spend real money on it. In the new report, “Inside The Rise of Senior Living Virtual Reality,” Senior Housing News spoke with […]
After a decade of whispers, trials, pilots and promise, virtual reality (VR) now seems on the precipice of a boom in senior housing and senior care settings. A bevy of companies have cropped up over the past five years to tailor VR solutions directly to senior living. VR is now helping operators address age-old challenges […]
When leaders with non-profit Vincentian Collaborative System began conceiving a new 91-unit independent living community, they did the math on smart tech and realized that sooner is better. The community Terrace Place, which opened April 1 in the Pittsburgh suburb of North Hills, is a $19-million project, with a smart technology offering that cost between […]
Everyone wants to be catered to. Memory care residents don’t just want it – they need it. For close to 30 years, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, has been developing its person-centered care model. In many regards, these person-centred practices reach their peak in memory care dining. “Presbyterian SeniorCare Network lives a person-centered culture […]
When Leisure Care prepares to launch a new branded product line, it conducts market research. Literally. “We get into the market and talk to people who live there (and) we look in the grocery stores and see what’s being promoted,” says Leisure Care Executive Vice President Greg Clark. “That tells a lot.” Seattle-based Leisure Care […]