The unconditional love and support that pets provide can be a great help to people with dementia. Sean Whiting, Director of country outfitters and pet supply store Houghton Country, explains how. Domestic animals like dogs and cats, as well as birds, rabbits, guinea pigs, and even lizards, provide routine and a sense of responsibility to…
3 Strategies for Reducing Care Staff Turnover
3 Strategies for Reducing Care Staff Turnover is part of a series on how to increase your ROI with StoriiCare, a care coordination and activities recording software. Click here to see the other articles on how to use StoriiCare to its fullest potential. StoriiCare transforms the way care staff work. In doing so, it can…
StoriiCare Product Update #12 – July 2019
We’ve always believed that the best way to build a brilliant product is by listening to our clients and acting on your feedback. This month, we have added a number of key features and improvements to StoriiCare. Summary of updates Event Participant Limits and Cover Photos Connections can now view Calendars directly Event Sign up…
How StoriiCare Can Increase Family Referrals
This article is part of a series on how to increase your ROI with StoriiCare, a care coordination and activities recording software. Click here to see the other articles on how to use StoriiCare to its fullest potential. Today’s Competitive Market What can we do to improve occupancy in our senior living facility? How can…
7 Ways StoriiCare Can Be Used for Senior Living Marketing Content
This article is part of a series on how to increase your ROI with StoriiCare, a care coordination and activities recording software. Click here to see the other articles on how to use StoriiCare to its fullest potential. There are many ways care providers can increase their ROI with StoriiCare. Seeing occupancy numbers go up…
How to Find the BEST Digital Care Planning Software
Health and social care sectors are adopting more technology. Care facilities are increasingly switching from a paper-based care planning process to digital ones. There are many digital care planning software providers, each one offering various features and functionality. So, how do you choose? Well, no two care providers are the same, so it would be…
Guest Post: The Benefits of Having an In-Home Nurse for a Loved One
There are more than 65 million Americans who are forced to juggle the daily demands of home, work, children, and caring for an aging, ill, or disabled loved one. Trying to do all of this can be quite overwhelming. It’s can be nearly impossible to manage busy families and lives while making difficult medical decisions….
Guest Post: Arts & Crafts for People with Alzheimer’s
Caregiving for dementia patients requires a lot of patience, flexibility, and sticking to a scheduled routine. It’s not easy by a longshot, but helping a dementia patient feel more relaxed and less confused is important. Your patient may be mostly independent with momentary lapses, or entirely dependent on you, depending on how far along their…
6 Ways Care Apps Improve Senior Care Provision
On the fence about going digital for care management? Trying to convince hesitant staff that they should embrace the change of technology? Wanting to evidence that care apps improve senior care provision to your board? Care management software and apps are making big moves in the senior care market. If you are seeking a few…
Dementia in the Digital World: An interview with Wendy Mitchell
In a recent interview discussing digital health and care services for elderly adults, the Director of Digital and Service Transformation at ALLIANCE, Zahid Deen, said something quite impactful. Deen said that unfortunately, it is often the users, the people who actually benefit from digital health and social services, whose voices and experiences are overlooked because…