Healthcare Professional Blog
Settling In: How Brookdale Helps Make Your Move to Senior Living With Ease and Comfort
Moving from hospital or home care? Discover how Brookdale helps ensure a seamless transition with personalized care plans, compassionate staff and vibrant community life. Read more about our approach to the first 90 days, and schedule your tour today
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“Why Am I Here?” How HCPs Can Help Patients Make the Transition to a Senior Living Community
Once a senior and their family and caregivers have chosen a senior living community, it’s time to focus on the finer details of the transition, including coordination of care, practical arrangements and follow-up. As their trusted healthcare provider, you are in a position to help them stay prepared, both practically and emotionally, for this crucial stage of their journey.
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‘Why Am I Here?’ How HCPs Can Answer Patients’ Questions About Moves, Other Transitions
Why am I here? It’s a question that many seniors ask in response to a major life transition, such as a move to a senior living community. Healthcare professionals can play an important role during this crucial time by answering questions; explaining rationales and options; and helping to frame the conversation with expertise, insight and empathy.
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It’s Time for Senior Living to Embrace Value-Based Care
Senior living communities were not traditionally designed to focus on healthcare or follow the principles of the value-based care model—but they should.
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How Senior Living Communities Can Improve Behavioral Health
Senior living can play a vital role in combating the mental health crisis by providing supportive and inclusive environments.
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How Senior Living Communities Are Uniquely Equipped to Combat the Loneliness Epidemic
Senior living communities should offer more than just apartments. Communities such as Brookdale are intended to foster dynamic and engaging connections that help support overall health and well-being. Here’s what sets Brookdale apart from the rest.
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Money Management and Planning Tools
When moving into a senior living, some seniors continue to think about their finances the same way as they did prior to moving in. But senior living is more than a new home — it’s a new way of life. Because of this, seniors and their families might need to modify the way they manage their finances. At Brookdale, we want our residents to be ready for this new phase of living, so we’ve highlighted some great resources to help plan and manage finances when transitioning to senior living.
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How Brookdale Partners With Healthcare Providers to Help Manage Chronic Conditions
One of the primary chronic conditions impacting seniors (and all Americans) is heart disease. In honor of American Heart Month, learn how we help our residents have a better quality of life by helping them manage chronic conditions like congestive heart failure in partnership with their healthcare providers.
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How Senior Living Can Offer a Full Career Path for Nurses
Nurses, particularly those in school or early in their careers, may not realize the world of senior living can offer a full career path. At Brookdale, nurses are one of our most essential and valued associates. We work to help provide professional development opportunities for our nurses so they can attain their personal and professional goals.
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When Weight Gain Can Be Good for Seniors
As we age, our metabolism slows down and activity levels change, and, for some, these factors might contribute to weight gain. Despite a culture that has taught us to be concerned about putting on pounds in most instances, here are three situations when it could be beneficial for seniors.
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Q&A: The Importance of Estate Planning, With Derek Hamblen
Contrary to popular belief, estate planning isn’t just for “the wealthy.” Estate planning is not just about money — and it’s not just for people with lavish estates. We sat down with Derek Hamblen, CFP®, ChFC®, RICP®, private wealth advisor and partner at Sterner Financial, to discuss estate planning — including who should begin an estate plan, the importance of starting an estate plan early, the most common estate planning mistakes, and ways to avoid unnecessary taxes and waiting periods.
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The Importance of Deprescribing for Seniors
Deprescribing involves routinely monitoring medications and intentionally decreasing or discontinuing prescriptions that are potentially harmful or no longer beneficial. We invited Todd King, Pharm.D., CGP, to share his insight for Brookdale’s Optimum Life® Continuing Education Series.
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Making Moves: The Benefits of Memory Care for Patients, Their Families and Their Providers
Whether it’s helping to provide patients with a senior-friendly environment and meaningful engagement opportunities, to alleviate the burden of caregiving on families or to offer providers regular patient updates, there are many benefits to assisted living and memory care communities. We sat down with Amy Loomis, DNP, AGNP-C, and Danielle Whitacre, M.D., from Bloom Healthcare to hear their perspectives.
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How to Be an Ethical Influencer Within Your Healthcare Organization
In today’s complex environment, decisions are often made quickly and without full context. The skills of social influence can help healthcare leaders gain trust, expand the narrative and engage people at all levels of their organization when weighing impactful decisions.
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Why a Family of Choice Is Important for LGBTQ+ Patients’ Health
During its Optimum Life® Continuing Education Series, Brookdale talked with Dan Stewart, MSG, the Associate Director of the Aging Equality Project at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF), about disparities in LGBTQ+ healthcare and how providers can better understand LGBTQ+ individuals’ network of support.
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