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Dec 9, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
Fall is such a great time of year, in large part because there are excellent meetings, such as the Center For Innovation’s (CFI) annual conference, where I get to meet with passionate visionaries, leaders, and advocates in long-term care and senior living — the ones I fondly consider “The Crazies.” These are the people who are truly innovating in the industry, taking measured risks on a financial and regulatory level. They have a remarkable track record and are true trailblazers.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
Caring for people living with dementia has always required balancing safety and autonomy: We often want autonomy for ourselves but safety for others; and that has historically prevailed in senior living and long-term care. We have come a long way toward treating these individuals with dignity and respect while prioritizing their safety. Yet, with the population aging and more people facing cognitive decline and dementia, there is still a need to focus on freedom from restraints.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
For long-term care to succeed in delivering on its promise of providing person-directed experiences, each touchpoint between residents and teams need to be optimized. This cannot happen if we don’t consider how essential staff wellbeing is. There are many ways to attract and retain excellent staff. One essential key involves attending to both residents’ and staff’s wellbeing and understanding their experiences of trauma.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
Despite the many challenges the industry faces, there is great joy in our long-term care and senior living communities. Residents and staff are finding creative and powerful ways to connect, engage and live life with passion and optimism. It has never been more important to celebrate the positive triumphs happening every day, especially regarding people living with dementia. At our fifth #ActivitiesStrong Summit, the joy and passion were palpable.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin |Charles de vilmorin
Denver-based LifeLoop has acquired resident engagement platform Linked Senior and added it to its own software platform, LifeLoop announced on Thursday. The move adds 50,000 new residents and 600 communities to LifeLoop’s customer base across the United States and Canada.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
The long-term care and senior living experience has the potential to feel magical, and a number of Disney principles and practices can maximize efficiency, quality, and joy among residents and staff alike. In a recent webinar titled “If Disney Ran Your Senior Living Experience,” David Hopkins, president of Kazoo Leadership, offered several insights from his personal experience in the Disney organization that our communities can embrace to improve the resident experience.
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May 10, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
Listening to resident engagement professionals talk about the great, innovative work they do and the challenges they overcome every day is inspiring and exciting for the future of resident enrichment in long-term care and senior living. In a recent webinar, “Successes and Lessons Learned from Resident Engagement Champions,” I came away with such admiration for the people who spend every day attending to the well-being and quality of life of their residents.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for MeaningThe roles we play in our lives give us a sense of purpose and identity and are essential to self-worth; without meaning, we believe our life is worth nothing. That is true of all of us and of our residents.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
We can talk endlessly about people living with dementia, but the conversation only becomes meaningful when they are active participants in the conversation. During the recent 2024 Validation World Congress: Connecting Heart to Heart with People Living with Cognitive Change, we heard from five individuals who shared their journeys with dementia. Their advocacy and insights, when we listen and act, are what forms change and make a real difference.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
mcknights.com | Charles de vilmorin
Engagement in long-term care and senior living is a team sport: everyone collaborates with residents to honor their preferences so they live each day with purpose. There has been much progress in this regard, and we are seeing many promising innovations. Community websites often promise the best, personalized and therapeutic engagement. But despite best efforts, there are often gaps between what is promised and what is delivered. And sometimes, working in activities can feel a bit chaotic.
