Multi-generational mixer builds great collegian-CCRC resident bonds
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Mar 07, 2017
From adding cheerleaders to finding backgammon partners and sharing farming advice, a collaboration project between a CCRC and Fresno State students has been a rousing success.
A challenge to CCRCs that’s going largely unnoticed
By
John O'Connor
Sep 19, 2016
As the marketing discussion continues about what continuing care retirement communities should be called, a more subtle — and potentially more profound — change is quietly taking root.
From ‘Mean Girls’ and bingo bans to inclusion
By
Jill Vitale-Aussem
Feb 11, 2015
Are the people who run certain retirement communities unfeeling monsters with no concern for the well-being of residents? I don’t think so. I think they are just like me, and many others who manage...
New DON at Ashby Ponds
Jan 23, 2014
Alberta Momoh, RN, MSN, is the new director of nursing at Ashby Ponds in Ashburn, VA.
For long-term care operators, safe bets can be anything but
By
John O'Connor
Feb 25, 2013
If there’s one thing long-term care operators contemplating the coming years should know by now, it’s this: There are no guarantees. That’s worth keeping in mind as various can’t-miss...
Building up the executive director’s tool kit
By
Stephen R. La Pierre, NHA
Aug 24, 2012
Executive directors of individual CCRC campuses must fine-tune their tool kits to keep their facilities top of mind with consumers, and ahead of the impending sharp curve of consumer preference. Complacency...
Through the looking glass at a CCRC
By
Shane Swisher
Jul 09, 2012
In 2007, Project Looking Glass provided some groundbreaking insight into the mature market. Now, in 2012, researchers are back to look at changes in retirement living related to economic issues, demographic...
Providers should say, ‘Jawohl!’ to international interns
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 13, 2012
While some long-term care providers and their residents might worry about feeling cut off from the rest of the world as the aging process takes hold, that’s clearly not the case at Asbury Methodist...
8 questions to help providers with community move managers
By
Kim McMahon
Apr 13, 2012
Continuing care retirement communities can improve their occupancy rates by incorporating senior move management services into their move-in enticement options.