When you've been operating a nursing home for 100 years, can you change your offerings and environment sufficiently to appeal to the new senior care Read More »
Last month I equated much of our new “Environments for Aging” thrust with developments in city life. Fact is, though, EFA has a much broader Read More »
It was a wide-ranging discussion at the Environments for Aging Conference in March—a couple dozen architects, planners, senior service providers, Read More »
At first glance you wouldn't take the building to be: (1) a senior living community or (2) an exemplar of “green” construction. The building, a Read More »
Individuals who seek long-term care have three distinct needs: housing, assistance with activities of daily living, and chronic disease management. Read More »
People are no longer willing to accept that nursing homes have to be institutional, staff-centric facilities based solely on a medical model. Read More »
In spring 2007, a team of AG Architecture employees gathered to participate in a weekend charrette called “Aging in Community—A Senior Housing Ideas Read More »
Perhaps the most distinctive among the alternative environments to accommodate aging is the model known as senior cohousing. Unlike the famous Read More »
Dehydration is the most common fluid and electrolyte imbalance in the elderly, regardless if the person lives in the community or in a healthcare Read More »
Editor's Note: The following conversation occurred prior to the mortgage lending crisis and subsequent interest rate changes and should be read in Read More »
On the west shore of the Wisconsin River, in the town of Port Edwards, Wisconsin, stands a stately neoclassical brick building surrounded by trees, Read More »
All seniors housing is local. That's Raymond W. Braun's belief when it comes to developing financing partnerships with operators. Braun is president Read More »
I used to be one of those seniors housing corporate jockeys who spent most of his life on an airplane until, in 1999, I decided to start Premiera Read More »
Whether you are renovating an existing senior environment, repositioning a campus, or building a new continuing care retirement community (CCRC), Read More »
Day-to-day operations, including the staff and appearance of the building and its equipment, are the “face” of the nursing home for its residents Read More »
Imagine a nursing home where residents have more in common than age, life experience, and medical challenges. Imagine a nursing home where the Read More »
Nursing homes were originally designed to warehouse people until they die. That's consistent with the institutional model we have become burdened Read More »
Creating 'Choice' Environmentsby the staff of Lancaster Health Group, Chicago, Illinois One of the most difficult decisions family members must Read More »
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inperspectiveNIC ON financingBY ANTHONY J. MULLENU.S. versus Canadian REITs: A comparison It's no secret that Canadian REITs are quickly discovering Read More »
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I Advance Senior CareI Advance Senior Care is the industry-leading source for practical, in-depth, business-building, and resident care i... Read More »
BY JOSH SILVERS AND AL WIGGS Behind the trend toward purchasing versus rentingFacilities are finding equipment purchasing can save thousands of Read More »
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BY ALLAN G. KOMAREK, PHD, RN In the late 1970s, Angelica Thieriot created the Planetree Organization in an attempt to personalize, humanize, and Read More »
BY RICHARD McCLELLANRenovating an ugly ducklingThe story of Meadow Glen of Richmond I first heard about the property two years ago from a real estate Read More »
