Saturday, 28 June 2014

What You Could Offer At A Senior Community

By Jansen Wilhelmsen


Whether you are the manager of an assisted living community or another type of 55 and older community, you realize the importance of offering a wide variety of amenities for your residents. These amenities make life happier and more interesting for the residents and some are very cost effective. Here are a few inexpensive ways to make life better for your residents.

It is highly important to provide high-quality internet service. This means high-speed internet should be available in every apartment and Wi-Fi needs to be available in all of the common areas, as well. This makes it easier for residents to stay in touch with friends and family, as they can email, Skype or instant message as they choose. They also will want to have around-the-clock access to the internet in general.

Television service would be a good idea too for a service. DirecTV system would be a good idea as well for each room in the apartment and also of course in the common area. Just like that, they will have 120 channels for your residents and these channels would most likely have a HD resolution or high definition. There are also some packages that have DVRs which can let them record the programs of their choice and then watch those programs later on.

A DirecTV commercial account easily can be ordered and then installed by Integra Systems. The staff at Integra Systems can insure that DirecTV service is available in each resident apartment as well as in areas such as the dining room or other common areas. That way guests can enjoy watching special TV programs and sports events as a group if they wish.

One highly important amenity that residents often look for when selecting an assisted living community is being able to bring along their pet. It's hard enough to move out of one's home and downsize an entire household down to a small apartment. If you also have to part with a beloved pet, this can be extraordinarily traumatizing. Pet-friendly communities are highly in demand, and if you can transform your facility into one where dogs and cats are permitted, this will be highly appreciated by residents. Having a pet has been shown to decrease depression and improve overall health, so this amenity definitely can benefit residents.

Getting food service for your residents is also very important and if it is possible it should be a made-to-order meal. The easiest meal to fully customize is breakfast which is just omelets, eggs and breakfast sandwiches, as well as a variety of breakfast meats, fruit and breads. Variety would be good though for foods that you are going to serve up. Pasta bars, taco bars and salad bars would be good for dinner which makes residents go for their own customized meal. Delivering meals to resident apartments also is an excellent amenity that many residents will appreciate.




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