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Category: Memory Care
Bridge Senior Living recently launched a newly revamped memory care program with the intention of creating a more person-centric experience. The program, which Bridge launched in early September to coincide with World Alzheimer’s Month, emphasizes “meeting residents where they are,” a philosophy inspired by the Mary Ann Drummond book with a similar name. Orlando-based Bridge […]
Editor’s Note: We are thrilled to launch Memory Care Business, a weekly newsletter that will inform memory care professionals about the latest clinical innovations, breakthroughs in medical research and technology, best practices in operations, deals shaping the sector, and more. Thank you to those who have already subscribed, and we invite others to click here […]
Orlando-based Bridge Senior Living is rebranding its memory care program in a move affecting the majority of its management portfolio. The newly rebranded program, dubbed “Lilac Trace,” will be incorporated into Bridge Senior Living’s 32 memory care communities and center on meeting the needs of each resident where they are. Alongside the name change, the […]
To keep up with the changing resident profile of the incoming baby boomer generation, senior living companies are hitting the refresh button on memory care programming . Operators are taking stale concepts and remixing or innovating on them to offer more meaningful programming and amenities to residents in the quest to realize a big wave […]
Senior living operators are currently preparing in anticipation of a demand wave for memory care services — and not only for residents currently living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Assisted living residents are living with more than 14 chronic conditions, on average; and no doubt some of them are related to cognitive decline. And while many […]
Of all the senior living unit types, memory care is the one most rooted in residents’ needs. And yet, memory care operators in 2023 can’t simply sit on their laurels and wait for prospects to arrive. The reason why is that residents and their families are doing their research online prior to moving in, and […]
The memory care sector of the senior living industry is expected to see a big uptick in demand in the coming years — as long as operators can keep their heads above water with regard to staffing. Operators in 2023 have laid ambitious plans to recover and grow beyond pre-pandemic occupancy and margins. Workers are […]
As the way memory care operators care for residents grows more sophisticated, so too does how such communities are designed. Design trends within senior housing are evolving to include specific spaces designed for memory care residents, with operators taking a serious step to offer purposeful living spaces for those receiving dementia care. From creating new […]
This article is part of your SHN+ membership “By 2026 or 2027, virtually every memory care unit in the country will be full,” Pegasus Senior Living CEO Chris Hollister said during the Senior Housing News BRAIN conference last week in Washington, D.C. That might be true, but getting through the next few years will not […]