Older Adults Celebrate LGBT Identity, Pride in Art Exhibit, Book
September 28, 2021
Imagine 485 years. That’s 15.3 billion seconds, give or take a few. For the 12 LGBT+ older adults profiled in the ground-breaking project “Not Another Second,” it represents the collective time in which they lived either double lives or suppressed their true identities. (Note: Older adults and those in the exhibit prefer to use the…
Dream Flights Seeks WWII Vets For an Autumn Adventure
May 5, 2021
A nationwide project is in motion to honor and celebrate veterans of WWII with free flights in vintage biplanes. Dubbed Operation September Freedom, the two-month barnstorming tour will take place this August and September across the United States. The event is the brainchild of Darryl Fisher, founder and president of Dream Flights. The nonprofit has…
A Resource Designed to Help Cope With COVID’s Emotional Fallout
March 10, 2021
Ensuring physical safety was top priority during the pandemic. But many also saw immediately that mental well-being would also be a health and safety challenge. Isolation, uncertainty, grief, and lack of control take a toll. Many of the usual comforts and coping mechanisms are out of reach. That’s what led to the How Right Now…
Change the Conversation for More Meaningful Socialization
February 18, 2021
It happens to everyone, whatever your age: You’ve covered family, work, and the weather, and the conversation stalls. What do you say next? That’s where CircleTalk™ comes in: training and curriculum designed to create meaningful and authentic social interactions—a chance for “older adults to connect with each other and feel accepted and valued by others.”…
A Change of Focus: Alleviating Loneliness Becomes a Major Concern
January 28, 2021
Everyone knew it was a problem that could get bigger. Reports and education covered it, many discussed it, and nearly everyone in senior living made it part of their mission to address it. But when the pandemic hit, another epidemic was revealed: Loneliness and social isolation. It affects health—reports put it at more dangerous than…
2020 Best of the Best Awards: The Stories Behind the Honorees
August 3, 2020
The Argentum Best of the Best Awards recognize innovative programs, products, and services that solve a challenge, advance excellence, and improve the future of senior living.
2020 Hero Awards: The Stories Behind the Honorees
August 3, 2020
The Argentum Hero Awards, presented by Benchmark, recognize ideal representatives of people serving in the senior living field. Nominated by regional/company executives and executive directors, these individuals to show the highest levels of excellence, caring, and dedication. A special category, Hero Award for Leadership in the Face of a Natural Disaster, was introduced in 2018…
Providers and Partners Fulfill Their Missions, Far and Wide
June 18, 2020
“There will be some new heroes before this is all over,” wrote Michel Augsburger, chairman and CEO at Chancellor Health Care, LLC. He’s correct. There are too many heroes to name, even as of early May, when this is being written. Even on a normal day, people in this industry go above and beyond. During…
Residents’ Wealth of Experience Enriches Community Operations
February 18, 2020
Alice Willard has an impressive resume: highlights include nursing at hospitals including Massachusetts General, being a clinical research nurse for an NIH-funded center, and running her own business on the side as a florist. At her latest job, she’s managed to save management a good bit of money by using her wholesale connections to get…
Argentum Launches Senior Living Works Expansion Focused on the Future Workforce
January 23, 2020
(Alexandria, Va.) – Argentum is pleased to announce a new resource available from Senior Living Works. Careers in Caring, found on the Senior Living Works website, aims to share information with jobseekers and students on opportunities available in the senior living industry. Showcased online are 20 careers across caregiving and nursing, hospitality and resident services,…
Writer Becomes a Catalyst for Multicultural Alzheimer’s Awareness
December 20, 2019
Writer Marita Golden didn’t set out to become a champion of Alzheimer’s disease awareness. She was simply researching what would become her 17th published work, the novel “The Wide Circumference of Love.” But she came across the statistic that African Americans are twice as likely to get Alzheimer’s. “It blew me away,” she would later…
Bringing the Best Together for the 2020 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference
December 13, 2019
Alexandria, Va.—The pace of growth and the number of challenges in the senior living industry increases daily, but so do the opportunities to create better senior living together. Argentum designed the 2020 Senior Living Executive Conference & Expo to deliver what industry leaders, professionals, and advocates need most to help companies, communities, and residents thrive.…