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Life Enrichment Is Good for Care – and for Your Bottom Line

Better-run retirement communities realize the benefits – both to residents and to the community – of giving more control to residents over choices and programming. This is known as life enrichment. By setting a goal is to deliver care that is more person-centered, communities across the country have improved care and customer satisfaction, and have […]

Engagement to support motivation & purpose in dementia

“I used to enjoy painting, but I often lack motivation. If I start, I usually keep going and am happy doing it. It takes a lot to get me started though.” (George) Lack of motivation and apathy are frequent problems in dementia care. Very often, a reduction in motivation & a sense of purpose comes […]

Linked Senior CEO Interviewed on CNBC

Charles de Vilmorin, Linked Senior CEO and co-founder. De Vilmorin’s grandmother suffered from Alzheimer’s and was left alone all day in her nursing home in France. “The conditions are even worse in the U.S.,” he said. De Vilmorin, age 36, previously worked for Mattel’s interactive division in France, specializing in Barbie and Rugrats products. Now […]

3 guidelines to maximize late stage dementia engagement success

“You matter because you are you and you matter to the last moment of your life. We will do all we can to help you, not only to die peacefully, but to live until you die”.  — Dame Cicely Saunders It is at the later stage of dementia such as Alzheimer’s that an individual is the […]

Linked Senior completes PointClickCare certification for integrated dementia engagement

Washington DC, February 17th 2015: – Linked Senior, the leading web based dementia engagement platform for the senior care market, announced today the integration of their service with PointClickCare, the leading electronic health record (EHR) software platform for the senior care market. With this integration, Linked Senior will now be able to pull resident information […]