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.…
Breaking Through: A Focus on Women in Senior Living Leadership
April 2, 2019
Women dominate in the senior living workforce. Four out of five professionals who care for seniors are women—and women don’t just work in senior living: They lead. Unlike in the general business world, where the glass ceiling is still very much intact, women hold nearly 70 percent of senior living management jobs. Last fall Argentum…
After a Successful Modeling Career, It’s Nice to Sleep In
February 13, 2019
“Age is a number. Old is an attitude. You can talk old, walk old, act old, and dress old. I’m just not ready for that yet,” says Jeni Freeland Berry, a senior living resident who is 93 years young. Berry, who calls Brookdale Freedom Square in Seminole, Fla., home, is the oldest Miss Florida and…
Personalization: A Hallmark of Community
December 17, 2018
Walking down the corridors of a senior living community could offer little to catch your attention—either a blank wall or a display of nondescript framed prints. But things are different at Pennswood Village. Home to a very art-centered population, the residents’ personal works and collections are hung in the hallways for everyone to enjoy. The…
Of Passion and Postage: Channeling Grief into Action
August 28, 2018
You may not think much about the stamps you use for mail—generally anything in stock at the post office will do. However, with the Alzheimer’s semipostal fundraising stamp, you’re not just getting postage: You’re getting a story. That’s because this stamp is the culmination of two individuals’ hard work and determination to raise funds that…
Argentum Honors Recipients of the 2018 Hero and Senior Living Community Leadership Awards
May 16, 2018
(Alexandria, Va.)—Argentum recognized four extraordinary senior living employees at the 2018 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference in San Diego, Calif. They represent this year’s recipients of the Argentum Hero Awards, honoring employees who represent the highest levels of excellence, caring, and dedication across the industry, and the Argentum Senior Living Community Leadership Award, recognizing exemplary…
What Defines a Senior Living Hero?
May 15, 2018
Presenting the 2018 Argentum Hero and Senior Living Community Leadership Award Winners The annual Argentum Hero Awards and Senior Living Community Leadership Award recognize individuals who are ideal representatives of the hundreds of thousands of people serving across senior living and who showcase the highest levels of excellence, caring, and dedication. They are recognized each…
Riding to Fund Alzheimer’s Research, Patient Care, and Support
February 15, 2018
How does an owner of a senior living company, who’s a fan of the University of Tennessee’s Lady Vols basketball team and admirer of their coach, Pat Summitt, work to support the fight against Alzheimer’s? Joshua Crisp, founder, president, and CEO of Solinity, based in Knoxville, Tenn., didn’t have to search long to find his…
Serving and Being Served
January 11, 2018
When he began caring for his own mother, HRA’s Tim Smick experienced the other side of senior living. Few senior living executives have the good fortune to be both a customer and a provider. “It’s an incredible vantage point,” says Tim Smick. “You get to see both sides. You get to see what’s important to…