InTouchLink and Xfinity Communities Collaborate to Modernize Community Communication
InTouchLink is working alongside Xfinity Communities to support the evolution of communication across MDU housing. For years, many organizations have relied on legacy, analog broadcast infrastructure to deliver important information to residents. While effective in the past, these systems often lack the flexibility and scalability required in today’s connected world. Through this collaboration, InTouchLink’s communication […]
Why Manual Activity Calendars Are Costing You Participation
Picture your activities director on a Sunday evening. She is not planning tomorrow’s chair yoga session. Calling the family of a resident who seemed withdrawn all week? That is not happening either. Instead, she is reformatting a Word document, re-entering the same recurring events for the fourth month in a row, printing 47 copies, and […]
Why Families Struggle to See Activity Updates in Senior Living
A daughter calls your community on a Tuesday afternoon. She wants to know if her mother attended the morning watercolor class. A staff member checks, finds nothing, and promises to call back. This happens every single day in senior living communities across North America. Families want to know what their loved ones are doing, and […]
14 ways to avoid Coronavirus (COVID-19) in community senior living
Senior living communities are acutely aware of the dangers and difficulties of outbreaks. Every independent living, assisted living or skilled nursing facility has protocols in place to prevent the community-wide spread of contagions. The Coronavirus or COVID-19, to give it its technical name, presents unique challenges – in particular within the realm of senior living, […]
How You Will Benefit from Living in a Retirement Community
In recent years, the senior living industry has undergone a branding transition with an increased focus on community and lifestyle. According to Statistics Canada, 29.6% of seniors aged 85 or higher are living in a special care facility, and this number is steadily rising. Many seniors, however, dread moving to a retirement facility, but they […]
