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5 Tips to make family visits and activities a success

Family visits are about to be more frequent with the holidays coming up. They are important because they give residents something to look forward to, decrease the residents feeling of separation, and it gives staff a chance to include family in their care. While family visits are important they are not always easy. Family members […]

4 tips for a Wellness based calendar to drive higher occupancy

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. For residents of retirement communities, this means having access to resources to help support and thrive on all levels of wellness. As a life enrichment tools, the programming and activity calendar […]

6 tips to create the best activity calendar!

The biggest pain point shared by activity directors across levels of care and states is the activity calendar. This visual tool that highlights the main events of a retirement community is a federal regulation for nursing homes but also a requirement in Independent Living and Assisted Living. There are three main reasons why it is […]

Keep Dancing!!

Want to avoid your risk of dementia holistically? Besides controlling your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugars and decreasing your intake of inflammatory foods, what else can you do? Start dancing! Dancing has been shown to have numerous health benefits in various studies. The most obvious are increased socialization and improved physical functioning. Two recent […]