COVID-19 | Ideas and Discussion | Senior Housing | Skilled Nursing
By: Ryan Brooks | November 25, 2020
Toward the beginning of the COVID-19 public health crisis, I authored a blog post highlighting some of the strategies that seniors housing and care operators were implementing to maintain resident wellness and engagement. Subsequently, I had the opportunity to present on this topic at the 2020 NIC Fall Conference. While preparing, it struck me how much these strategies have evolved over the course of just a few months as operators stepped up to the challenge of delivering an ever-greater sense of connectedness to their residents in this time of a global pandemic.
COVID-19 | Ideas and Discussion | NIC Fall Conference | Senior Housing
By: Ryan Brooks | October 05, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created design challenges for the seniors housing and care sector that need to be articulated, addressed and navigated. Achieving the right balance between social connectivity and coronavirus exposure has now become one of the key trials facing seniors housing operators.
COVID-19 | Senior Housing | Skilled Nursing | Workforce
By: Ryan Brooks | August 26, 2020
A recent study from North Carolina State University and Georgia Tech found that healthcare workers in the United States are struggling with significant mental-health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including depression, anxiety, and insomnia. While all healthcare workers are at risk, one key feature of caregivers in a seniors housing and care setting is that many of these caregivers have spent months, if not years, developing relationships with the residents they serve and their families. This means the emotional toll experienced by these staff may be that much more overwhelming.
COVID-19 | Executive Survey Insights
By: Ryan Brooks | July 23, 2020
A NIC report to provide insight into COVID-19 among current residents and to more clearly understand existing conditions by care setting. NIC’s monthly Executive Survey Insights: COVID-19 of seniors housing and skilled nursing operators is designed to bring awareness to the operators, their capital providers and business partners, and the general public, on the current COVID-19 penetration rates by care segment.
