Paige Cerulli |
September 11, 2020
This model features a smaller dining room and living room in each smaller “neighborhood,” reducing congestion and potential disease spread.
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Paige Cerulli |
August 30, 2020
Senior care facilities need to not only work to prevent falls, but also to minimize the injuries that result when falls do occur.
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Bryce Betteridge, CEO of SmartCells Cushioning Technology, was recently featured on a podcast about senior care to highlight how his company is helping prevent fall-related injuries in seniors.
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Fall prevention is important, but mitigating the injuries that may result from a fall is equally important - and often overlooked.
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Learn how SmartCells Flooring allows your loved one greater freedom to live in their home, or yours, for a longer period of time by reducing fall-related injuries.
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Elaine Howley |
February 13, 2020
48% of all structural fires in health care facilities occurred in skilled nursing facilities. You can reduce the risk of a fire becoming a tragic event.
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Elaine Howley |
January 9, 2020
Reducing energy and resource usage isn’t just good for the planet, it’s good for your bottom line, too.
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Nicole Stempak |
January 3, 2018
European manufacturer Pressalit Care has devised a sink that can be raised or lowered after installation.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 21, 2017
Door decals are giving a Canadian memory care facility a new look and helping residents with wayfinding and navigation.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 16, 2017
A Virginia resale boutique pledged $125k toward a memory care retrofit at an area senior living facility.
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The cohousing trend is gaining ground with seniors as a way to downsize and live with others but is an alternative to care facilities.
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Heritage Senior Living has developed a person-centered approach for memory care that is supported by physical surroundings.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 9, 2017
Emerging lighting solutions can react to resident movements and adapt to mimic the cycle of dawn to dusk.
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Nicole Stempak |
August 31, 2017
The LGBT Network plans to build a housing complex where seniors can be free to be themselves.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 23, 2017
An Australian town has built a unique garden where visitors are encouraged to smell—and touch—the roses.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 2, 2017
The national memory care provider is building its fifth site in the Chicago area—this time, a 47,000 sq. ft. community that will serve up to 90 residents with dementia.
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What does your facility's interior space look like to a person with dementia? Two senior living design experts discuss common pitfalls that can can confuse residents with cognitive challenges and jeopardize their safety.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 5, 2017
A university lecturer has been awarded a grant to continue her research on how spatial configuration and design in long-term care facilities influences residents with dementia.
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Kathleen Mears |
May 15, 2017
Lighting can have a big impact on a resident’s day-to-day routine, comforts and well-being, resident blogger Kathleen Mears explains.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 22, 2017
The California startup has its wheels in motion to transform non-medical transportation for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 22, 2017
Ecore flooring is expanding its research project to see if flooring can reduce falls risk in healthcare environments.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 8, 2017
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville lifestyle brand plans to extend the vacation through a $1 billion planned retirement community in south Florida.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 6, 2017
Poor vision is a well known contributor to falls risk, but Irish researchers say the reason why isn’t what we thought.
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Pamela Tabar |
February 22, 2017
Researchers have designed a new tool to assess how elder-friendly a dining space is. Turns out, healthy dining for older adults is about a lot more than food. How would your dining venues rate?
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