Is senior care innovative? Depending on who you ask, you will get a variety of answers, however, most agree on one thing – most senior care and long-term care have become cookie-cutter and less intuitive to the patients needs. The fact is that innovation and long-term care must go hand in hand if the industry wants any chance of surviving. While this may be hard to hear and accept, the [...]
As the resident age in senior care continues to get younger, many facilities are looking at their food service as a way to not only attract new residents, but to save costs on food. The fact is that residents today are more active and are younger than in years past, therefore, many facilities are finding themselves having to rethink their food service. In the past, residents were more sedentary and [...]
It will be no surprise to you when you hear about the recent reports coming out about long-term care turnover rates. Simply said, they are high! The puzzling part is why so many long-term care facilities are having issues with understanding the warning signs and devising a plan to control those turnovers. It is true that most hires do not stay at one job for long, contrary to in years [...]
Did you know that US businesses lose, on average, upwards of $100 billion dollars on lost productivity per year? Staggering number, right? While there are many factors that attribute to this number, research has shown that the number one cause of lost productivity is due to stressed employees, with the numbers being even higher in the healthcare industry. This stress manifests itself in many ways – think about your typical [...]
