Monthly Archives: March 2018

Hospice Care in Nursing Facilities

An important study recently released, should be considered significant information to those in nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.  The study compared the quality of hospice services provided and received by patients in three settings – nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and in-home (or at-home) care. The survey included information as perceived by the family members of those receiving hospice care and looked at a variety of factors.  Overall, nursing [...]

2018-03-21T06:04:16-04:00

Lessons Learned from Brookdale

Being in the senior care industry, you most likely have heard of the troubles surrounding Brookdale Senior Living.  While their troubles have been front and center in the news, and they have even received offers of a buy-out, they chose to place a new CEO in charge and face the “perfect storm” ahead. In multiple interviews the former CFO, now CEO, believes that her intimate knowledge of the challenges and [...]

2018-03-21T06:02:57-04:00

Is Active Adult Housing Competition?

Those in the senior care industry are a little worried about a new concept taking shape, active adult housing.  While there are still some unclear details of this new market, many in the senior care industry are taking notice and looking to start some strategic strategy sessions to figure out how to compete with this new product. Recently, there has been a rise in building complexes that cater to active [...]

2018-02-27T09:18:01-05:00

Biggest Workforce Challenges Ahead

As the healthcare industry continues to change and struggle with workforce acquisition, retention, engagement, and communication, many leaders are looking to face unique challenges head on.  In a recent healthcare summit, many leaders discussed how they believe their biggest workforce challenges are ahead of them. In fact, the very question of what is the biggest challenge you will face in 2018 was asked, and not surprisingly the majority cited HR [...]

2018-02-27T09:16:18-05:00
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