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“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” – Mister Rogers We are all facing difficult challenges during this time of COVID-19, the...
If you currently have construction underway, or are contemplating a construction start in the near future, it is critical that your contractor have a comprehensive and detailed COVID-19 response plan in place. A little more than a month ago most contractors, and...
In this time of trying to achieve “physical distancing” while minimizing true “social distancing,” communication technologies like Wellzesta are providing significant benefits to senior living communities and their residents. Wellzesta in particular has been...
In this article, John Franklin of Pearl Creek Advisors provides an important overview of the bond and bank markets and how they are each affected by COVID-19. More importantly, John explains how the current market shifts may affect the short- and long-term financing...
By: Susan Ryan As memory care providers are hard at work educating staff members to provide the best care possible for the ever-growing numbers of people living with dementia (PLWD), the need for forward-thinking approaches to such care is as important as ever....
As consumer preferences in senior living continue to evolve, many of our clients have expressed some concern about what this trend means to their organization. Why are they so concerned? They fear that the rise of senior living rental options will diminish the...
By Andrew Nesi, Executive Vice President of HJ Sims Aging physical plants that are difficult to maintain and market to new residents, land use restrictions, local community opposition, and rising construction costs are just a few of the senior living development...
Guest blog by Craig Witz of Witz Company The visionary classic The Experience Economy, originally published in 1998 and being re-released later this year, argued that businesses could no long simply offer goods and services; instead we were entering a new economic era...
Guest blog by Kerry Moynihan, Senior Vice President at HJ Sims During the past 16 years, HJ Sims has hosted its Annual Late Winter Conference as a forum to gather experts from across the Senior Living industry. This past year, operators and other professionals...
Guest blog by Ryan Frederick, Founder and CEO at SmartLiving 360 A strategic plan provides direction, focus and an immediate path for action. In addition, the process of developing a strategic plan aligns a senior living organization’s key stakeholders, including...
Guest blog by Ryan Frederick, Founder and CEO at SmartLiving 360 Author and business management expert Robert Waterman once said, “A strategy is necessary because the future is unpredictable.” Like many businesses today, the senior living field is rapidly changing and...
Guest blog by Melissa Messina, Senior Vice President at HJ Sims During the past sixteen years, HJ Sims has hosted its Annual Late Winter Conference as a forum to gather experts from across the Senior Living industry. This past year, operators and other professionals...
