Senior Living Industry Slow to Adapt to Consumer Trends

One critical business tenet is for an industry to succeed, it must evolve to meet or exceed consumer demands. Paying attention to consumer trends is one way industries stay ahead of the curve, providing products and services to fulfill demand. ...

 
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Can Artisans Remain Inspired in Senior Living Communities?

Dedicated quilter? Woodworker? Jewelry maker? While the majority of senior living communities offer a varied roster of activities so that residents can enjoy pastimes that suit their preferences, many aging adults have concerns that they won’t be able to ...

 
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The Power of Humor in Senior Living

Most senior living providers offer a variety of programs for the body, mind, and soul – but what about activities geared directly toward the funny bone? If laughter is truly the best medicine, how are senior living communities providing an appropriate dosage?
 
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Leaning In, Senior Living Style

Everyone’s talking about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book, and now it’s sparking an important conversation in the senior living world: why aren't there more women in executive leadership roles in such a female-dominated industry?

Says this Senior ...

 
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The Most Searchable Senior Care Services

You might be surprised to learn the search term that has seen continual growth in the past decade is also the senior care option in which there seems to be decreasing interest: “nursing home.”

That’s the word from this ...

 
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The Evolution of Today’s Retirement Living Options

Those in the industry know that retirement living has changed over the years, but many of us still hear the word retirement and probably think about a large country home with a wrap-around porch, where a senior couple sit in ...

 
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What Are 55+ Communities All About?

One of the newer options to join the senior housing spectrum are 55+ communities, also known as active adult communities. Though the boomers and seniors who choose this type of community live independently, this type of setting is still different from ...

 
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Memory Care: A Billion Dollar Business

This week, the Alzheimer’s Association released their 2013 Facts & Figures Report. The numbers are unsettling:

Someone develops Alzheimer’s every 68 seconds.
There are more than 15 million Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers, providing over 17 billion hours of unpaid care, valued ...

 
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Trend Watch: Communes for Seniors

A new senior living option is actually based on an old model, according to this AARP blog post, For Aging Seniors, A Commune-Like Alternative.

In New York, just 30 miles from Manhattan, the 33-bed Fellowship Community adult home operates this way:“...

 
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Survey to Determine Online Opinion of Seniors and Boomers

Between new studies touting social media’s benefits for sharpening seniors’ minds and stats on the rapidly growing online boomer/senior cohort, it’s no surprise that more people in these age brackets are searching for care or a housing ...

 
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