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We just got back from the Senior Living Innovation Forum a few days ago and it was an invigorating experience, to say the least. From dinners and excursions to educational sessions and presentations, we were glad to experience so many different ideas on how we can push the senior living industry forward. This year was our first time at SLIF, so we've put together a few things we were able to take away from the conference. 

It’s generally accepted in the senior living space that Person-Centered Care (PCC) is an important facet in improving the lives of staff and seniors as well as raising the standards of the industry as a whole. But there are discrepancies between acknowledging the importance of PCC and implementing some of its practices into our communities. In this week’s blog post, we’ll look at how to implement Person-Centered Care into our communities.

Although patient centered care and person centered care both have a resident's best interests in mind, they do have some differences that set them apart. In this week's post, we'll be looking at the differences between patient-centered care and person-centered care including what each means, and some of their key distinctions.

Much like with people, your community’s first impression is crucial to bringing in new residents as well as helping to retain the seniors already in your care. There are quite a few aspects of your community that contribute to what prospects think of your space from small things like a friendly face upon entering, to what amenities your community can offer. In this week’s blog post, we’ll be looking at what factors of your community affect first impressions.

Resident profiles are one of the first pieces of documentation that a community looks at to establish a connection with the seniors in their care and can to help offer up important details about residents may not come across in conversation. However, as useful as these profiles are, there is a discrepancy between offering the best care you can give and upgrading to newer technologies. There are more than a few ways to offer customized care to each resident, but in this post, we’ll be looking at how resident profiles, and specifically how updated resident profiles, can help your community bring in systems to better the care it offers.