Oct 30, 2024
Even the best communities that serve elders with varying levels of care needs often face a logistical problem: moving residents from one physical area to another as their care demands increase.
The Towers at Tower Lane, an innovative community in New Haven, Conn., eliminated that problem by creating services that come...
Oct 23, 2024
As a child, Freeman Hrabowski had already made a bigger impact on the world than many people do in their entire lives: Inspired by hearing Martin Luther King Jr. speak at his church, young Freeman was arrested for protesting against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.
But Hrabowski didn’t stop there, building an...
Oct 16, 2024
Far too often, eldercare reform is presented as a binary choice between mortal adversaries: providers who believe that regulators are out to get them, and regulators who assume every provider is up to no good.
The truth is obviously more complicated, and leaders like Jennifer Belden prove that there are ways to protect...
Oct 9, 2024
As someone in her 40s living with multiple rare autoimmune diseases, Nancy Stevens doesn’t necessarily seem like a typical nursing home resident. But her journey through the long-term care system came with the same frustrations, challenges, and disappointments experienced far too often by people twice her age.
Stevens...
Oct 2, 2024
In today’s episode, Beth Furlong, RN, Community Relations Manager, and Hilary Camino, a certified neurologic music therapist at Sage Living in Jackson, Wyo., sit down with Susan Ryan.
Furlong offers a history of the Living Center and its evolution into Sage Living, emphasizing the need for a larger, more home-like...