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Forge Resilient Communities: Strategies for Growth and Community Longevity
Learn expert-backed senior living growth strategies—build financial resilience, secure buy-in, and master plan for evolving markets.
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Meaningful Connection: How to Out Care the Competition in Senior Living
Transform staff retention and community differentiation through meaningful connection and conversation techniques. Discover practical strategies to foster team connection, reduce turnover, and create distinctive resident experiences that competitors can't replicate. Immediate application for healthcare and aging services leaders.
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By Design 40: Weaving the Past, Present, and Future of Senior Living
By Design 40 united leading minds to explore four decades of senior living design evolution. This milestone conference bridged the industry's past with its current state while continuing to look toward future-forward care solutions, unveiling transformative strategies for creating vibrant, purposeful residential communities.
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Exploring the Future of Senior Living Design: The SFCS Commitment to Research and Innovation
At SFCS, we are committed to shaping the future of senior living communities through thoughtful design, evidence-based research, and collaboration with key industry partners. In 2024, we took significant strides in advancing our understanding of what truly enhances the quality of life for older adults by engaging in two major research initiatives. We are excited to build upon these research efforts and initiate new studies as we move into 2025. Our partnerships with the ICAA, National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), and SAGE will allow us to expand our exploration of innovative solutions that address the unique needs of senior living communities.
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Bridging the Past, Transforming the Present, and Defining the Future of Senior Living
The "By Design 2025" conference will offer senior living leaders a strategic blueprint for navigating the industry's evolving landscape, focusing on enhancing care delivery and meeting the growing expectations of today's older adults. Experts will share insights on the industry's evolution, innovative technologies, wellness models, and the latest research to help transform senior living communities for future generations.
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Data Points the Way: Trends in Campus Right-Sizing
Explore key trends in senior living: What are the forces behind skilled nursing bed reductions and changing care ratios and why will it shift the industry, requiring innovative solutions for the future? Data-driven insights for industry leaders on adapting to evolving market demands.
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Connecting Choices to Outcomes: A Study of Indoor Environment Solutions
Explore research results during By Design 2024’s session on environmental acoustics and the impact of affordable interventions. Led by experts Addie Abushousheh Ph.D., a Research Associate at the Center for Health Design, an organizational and environmental gerontologist, along with industry professionals Stanley Gatland II of Saint Gobain North-America, Steve Muller, COO of Garden Spot Communities, and SFCS’ Carie Shingleton, Senior Associate and Interior Design Leader, this session focused on how evidence-based design enhances senior living environments, especially acoustics, to which older adults can be especially sensitive.
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Enhancing Senior Living with Innovation: SFCS Sponsored Studio for Senior Living at Virginia Tech
In the realm of senior living, innovation plays a pivotal role in improving residents' quality of life and safety. For the past several years, SFCS has sponsored a studio at Virginia Tech to mentor students, help develop their innovative ideas and give them real world experience in product design.
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Strategic Connections to Build Community: Within and Beyond
Discover the power of strategic connections in senior living communities with insights from industry leaders. Learn how partnerships with universities, schools, and organizations enrich resident programming and foster a sense of community. From intergenerational initiatives to collaborations with top institutions, explore ways to promote wellness, lifelong learning, and social well-being within and beyond senior living campuses.
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Shaping the Future: Trends in Senior Living
Senior living professionals must stay informed about evolving mega, macro, and micro trends reshaping the industry. Insights from the 2024 By Design session highlight the importance of recalibrating business models, leveraging data-driven personalization, embracing macro and micro trends, and innovating design to navigate the changing landscape effectively.
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SENIOR LIVING NURSING FACILITIES: PREPARING FOR COVID-19 POSITIVE RESIDENTS
Innovative and successful infection control design strategies.
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