Walk into almost any independent or assisted living community today and you'll find a technology stack that tells the story of a decade's worth of good intentions. An electronic health record here. An activity management platform there.

Using dining management software allows assisted living facilities to offer a dining experience that is not only more efficient but also more resident-centered, meeting both logistical and personal needs with ease.

Most senior living communities have processes for capturing resident information during the move-in process, often through forms filled out by families. These forms detail important aspects of a resident’s needs, preferences, and dislikes, which are crucial for providing personalized care.

Dining is an essential component of a senior living community. A quality resident dining experience can have a significant catalyst to driving occupancy.

Today, more than ever, culinary teams and dining directors are stressed to cost-effectively maintain dining service continuity. Between labor shortages, staff turnover, rising food costs, and increasing competition, communities need to innovate in how they manage the dietary needs and dining experiences of residents and their families.

Electronic visitor sign in systems have come into prevalence in large part due to the pandemic and the need for organizations to remain open and ensure business continuity. Nowhere else is this more acutely needed than in skilled nursing and senior living communities.

Since early 2020, communities have been mandated to screen all staff and visitors as per CDC guidelines for infection control.

As we slowly emerge from the pandemic, innovative administrators and operators are fast evolving their environments to adapt to the growing realities of protecting their communities to ensure business continuity while balancing costs.

Over the past year, COVID-19 has completely transformed the world, resulting in devastating economic, physical, and psychological consequences. Leading geriatrician Dr. Visa Srinivasan says that “Seniors are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 because of their increased vulnerability to the virus.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, new requirements regarding staff and visitor screening have been mandated, including measuring and recording body temperatures. There are new technologies available that alleviate this burden on an already taxing workload.

Since early this year the coronavirus pandemic has forced administrators and executive directors to screen all staff and visitors for COVID-19 symptoms and risk exposure.

With the COVID-19 pandemic there is quite a bit of excitement about Telehealth and its potential in senior living. The previous article provides a contextual background on some reasons for telehealth’s sudden popularity.

With the gradual reopening of economies and states, senior living communities will soon have to open their doors to all visitors. This opens up some important questions that operators will soon need to address:

With COVID-19 pandemic there is quite a bit of excitement about Telehealth with both consumers and vendors. Vendor marketing activities have substantially increased, and there are a plethora of solutions. Operators are being bombarded with “tele-health”.