Healthcare Professional Blog
What Does It Mean to Live Life Well?
What does it mean to live life well? It’s a question many people ask throughout their life. At Brookdale we try to help our residents craft their own answers by encouraging them to focus on six dimensions of continuous growth: physical, emotional, social, purposeful, spiritual and intellectual.
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Helping Caregivers Transition to Advocates
It can be difficult to make the mental transition from “caregiver” to “advocate.” The end goal, however, is the same: ensuring that your patient or their loved one is getting the best care possible.
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An Expanded View of Safety Post-COVID-19
We are seeing signs of recovery following the global pandemic, after having spent more than a year focused on safety protocols related to COVID-19. So this summer, in addition to all the summer safety tips, there are some other safety topics that deserve heightened focus.
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Caring for Your Patients with Chronic Conditions
Our approach to managing chronic conditions helps educate, empower and support residents while maintaining an overall focus on wellness.
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Between Depression and Wellness: Languish
As the United States transitions into a COVID-19 recovery phase, experts are now finding that individuals are often moving from an acute state of anguish to a chronic condition of languish.
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Customizing Nutrition to Maximize Wellness
At Brookdale, we surround our residents with a comprehensive approach to population health, incorporating healthcare as well as clinical and resident engagement programs that are supported by technology. As part of this approach, we are able to monitor nutrition.
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Did You Know About These Medicare Options?
Changes to Medicare may mean a 10-day respite stay with Brookdale’s Bridge Care Transitions, traditionally only available as a private-pay option, may now be covered under your patients’ Medicare Advantage plan.
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Our Response to COVID-19
The global pandemic caused by Coronavirus (COVID-19) virus has challenged everyone and changed life as we know it. Because the residents we serve are more vulnerable to the virus and its complications, we understand that we shoulder a tremendous responsibility. We’re proud of how we have handled the crisis in our communities and hopeful for the future.
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Moving to Senior Living During COVID-19
Learn more about how we're facilitating move-ins during this unprecedented time while working to keep the health and wellbeing of our residents and associates our top priority.
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Our COVID-19 Plan
As individual states across the country are beginning to "open up", Brookdale is also beginning to move into a new phase. Read on to learn our COVID-19 plan.
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