No one disputes the importance of dining in senior living. Many operators are making strides in improving their dining programs, including the addition of new options and more variety for new and existing residents. In its coverage of senior living dining news and trends, Senior Housing News would like to know just how important dining […]
Category: Dining
Staffing. It’s a major consideration for most operators, comprising a bulk of resources that go not only to hiring, but to training and retention of qualified senior living employees. Dining is no exception. Many providers have recently implemented programs to target and recruit the best and brightest chefs, dining management personnel and staff. And they’re […]
Embracing the concept “you are what you eat,” a startup company that sends drop-in chefs to cook at seniors’ homes is serving up a novel way to help older adults age in place and ultimately delay their move into assisted living. Enter Chefs for Seniors, a company based in Madison, Wis., that employs a team […]
Like many senior living organizations that are rethinking dining operations, Kisco Senior Living is adapting its dining model toward a restaurant-style approach. But that’s not all it’s doing. With the help of its new culinary services leader, Matt Perez, who brings a wealth of experience in restaurants from Hawaii to California and beyond, the company […]
Traveling to San Diego next week to attend NIC’s 2015 Capital and Business Strategies Forum March 31 – April 2? Senior Housing News has you covered on where to dine while you’re in town. While San Diego is known for its fish tacos and plethora of Mexican-inspired cuisine (it is, after all, just a few […]
Senior living dining has taken a turn in recent years—for the better. Cafeterias are no longer cutting it for the sophisticated and well-traveled residents of today’s senior living communities, and they are making way for restaurant-style dining and highly trained professional chefs. One of those communities is Fox Hill, in Bethesda, Maryland. Showing its commitment […]
Happy hour in assisted living? In some places, it’s still a novelty — or simply not allowed. Depending on liquor laws, which vary by state and local jurisdiction, some senior living communities cannot sell alcohol to residents. Others host regular happy hours and wine tastings, some offer a BYOB option, and still others operate full […]
Photo by Scott Elgart As far as senior living selling points go, dining is a major one. And by nature of all of the moving parts involved, it is an area of operations that can be prone to inefficiencies. Add to that the rising costs of food being felt by both institutions and households nationwide, and […]
Though they long ago laid their roots in the mainstream through the rise of Rachael Ray and Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chefs are still a relatively new phenomenon in senior living. But their presence begs the question as to whether the senior living population has subscribed to “foodie culture” to the extent that younger generations have, […]
It’s not just the New York Times that is picking up on foodie trends in senior living. A report this week in the Chicago Tribune details one dining experience made available by local Presbyterian Homes continuing care retirement communities in the Chicagoland area; namely a farm-to-table approach to their menus. Senior Housing News has written […]
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