A new kind of activity calendar strategy for dementia care
By
James Lee
Charles de Vilmorin
Apr 27, 2023
Dementia is not a normal part of aging. These eight words should help anchor and inspire the long-term care and senior living industry’s collective work to change, renew and elevate the ways...
How healthcare providers can be proactive in the ever-evolving staffing landscape
By
Marina Aslanyan
Apr 20, 2023
The healthcare industry has undergone significant changes in staffing over the years. From the impacts of COVID- 19 to chronic understaffing, various staffing models have emerged to meet the ever-changing...
Non-pharmacological strategies to improve memory care
By
Rob Winningham
Charles de Vilmorin
Mar 27, 2023
For individuals experiencing cognitive changes, it can become increasingly difficult to communicate unmet needs. If these needs remain unaddressed, it is common for them to be expressed through different...
Did AI write this article?
By
Joe Eaton
Mar 24, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is having a moment. By now, you must have heard something about how artificial intelligence is going to revolutionize this or that. Maybe you’re excited about that, maybe...
The value of AI for monitoring seniors’ health
By
Yamin Durrani
Mar 15, 2023
While health tech has seen rapid, widespread adoption over the past decade, some areas of the healthcare industry that could benefit greatly have been slow adopters — particularly among senior care. ...
The key to retention in long-term care? Create career paths
By
Pat Mulloy
Mar 09, 2023
Career stall-out is a frustration that many individuals in senior living and care know deeply and painfully. It can be extremely difficult for people to advance in senior care without additional training...
Improve memory care by prescribing meaning
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Feb 24, 2023
One of the most negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been social isolation for older adult residents living in long-term care communities, especially those receiving memory care. An Altarum...
A day in the life of an infection preventionist
By
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC
Jan 30, 2023
When I write or speak about our long-term care industry, I often do just that – refer to “the industry.” Whether it be challenges “the industry” faces, solutions “the industry” needs, or...
A Montessori approach to dementia care
By
Cameron Camp, Ph.D.
Charles de Vilmorin
Dec 21, 2022
A fundamental shift is necessary in the way we view dementia and care provided for persons living with dementia. By any objective measure, the medical approach to dementia has been a monumental failure....
Making visitor management work for you
By
John Lefkowits
Dec 15, 2022
Entry management systems have become commonplace in every type of secure facility — nursing homes, hospitals, government buildings and doctor’s offices, just to name a few. Sometimes, the process...