February 7, 2013 Lisa M. Cini
Learning, memory improvement, problem solving, vision, balance and depression can all be improved if we understand neuroplasticity and how to have fun while "teaching an old dog new tricks.”
October 10, 2012 Lisa M. Cini
Combine supercomputing with super intelligence and an accurate personal health diagnostic dashboard--for around $100--and you have "disruptive innovation."
September 6, 2012 Lisa M. Cini
Senior living providers often discuss occupancy rates. They live or die by rates and the mix that is tied to them in order to make the proforma work. What If we changed the discussion from "What is your occupancy rate?" to "Do you have a waiting list?" The discussion becomes less about percentages and more about the customer experience.
July 17, 2012 Lisa M. Cini, ASID
Senior living designers have yet to recognize that boomers entering communities will demand the same resources in senior living just as they have upped the ante by demanding restaurant style dining, fitness centers, spas and coffee shops.
April 18, 2012 Lisa Cini, ASID
It started with the financial crisis. The senior living design community is now left with a remnant of the business that once was, with terms that make you question if you're not just buying swamp land.
February 8, 2012 Lisa Cini, ASID
As the focus on baby boomers entering the senior living housing market becomes more prominent in the United States, an odd phenomenon is occurring—new developers don't understand what needs to be in a facility.
November 22, 2011 Lisa Cini, ASID
In many senior care facilities across the country, Alzheimer's treatment is finally taking a more common sense approach: effectively caring for the
October 20, 2011 Lisa Cini
Currently you can find research back as far as 2005 relating to the connection between Alzheimer’s and insulin production in the brain.
September 7, 2011 Lisa Cini, ASID
In complex mysteries you may have more than one party that is responsible for missing rooms in a senior living community. The worst crime scene I
August 9, 2011 Lisa Cini, ASID
“Should memory care residents be in private or semi-private rooms?” This is the question I often get asked by architects and owners new to memory
