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Already a Sagely user?Find out how to increase resident engagement!
Sagely is committed to supporting you with your wellness programs. Discover enhanced features to make your job easier and further augment the wonderful work you do with your elders. Read on… Do you experience low participation in your activities? Are you having trouble communicating about your events? Does it take a long time to…
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Veteran’s Day
Today our appreciation and thanks go to all who served. Wishing everyone a meaningful Veterans day. A few years ago, I was visiting my sister in Paris and asked her to drive me to Normandy Cemetery. It was one of the saddest, heaviest yet amazing experiences of my life. Going through one of the…
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Sagely SuperHero Spotlight: Mary Schneider
Sagely SuperHero Spotlight: Mary Schneider We created the Sagely SuperHero Spotlight to promote those who contribute positively to our elders. Volunteers, executive directors, caregivers,….all these wonderful humans are true superheroes to our elders. Beatriz Alcantara – Lifestyle and Leisure Director at Symphony at the Waterways is appreciative of a very special person; Mary Schneider. Because of…
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Engagement Director Spotlight: Faviola Martinez
Engagement Director Spotlight: Faviola Martinez
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Engagement Director Spotlight: Mary Dubach-Springer
How did you discover your passion to work with elders? My passion for working with elders started when I was very young. I wanted to be a nurse. I was scared, lacked confidence in myself and was not encouraged to follow through with this dream. Many years later I had the opportunity to work with…
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Engagement Director Spotlight: Jessica Peyerk
Engagement Director Spotlight: Jessica Peyerk How did you discover your passion to work with elders? I discovered my passion for working with seniors while volunteering at local nursing homes. I completed various fields works with different populations but I always felt the most comfortable working with seniors. I learned a lot from my mother who…
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Engagement Director Spotlight: Christine Kirk
How did you discover your passion to work with elders? I fell into this field by happenstance 10 years ago when I was fresh out of college and an opening as a nursing home recreation therapist came up in the metro area I was living in. My mom had worked in the field for years…
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Assessing Technology in Senior Living in an Age of Endless Options
Is technology the best next step for your community?
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The Right Balance
In today’s enterprise transformation, it is my belief that implementing systems that provide insights on best practices for the communities and developing a reporting mechanism to understand and relay lessons learned, while giving communities the space to determine the best approach for the unique needs of their elders is the approach that will win in the long term.
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Shifting Perspectives
Introduction to Being Mortal by Atul Gawande I’ve been working at Sagely for a couple of months, when our president, Alex, highly recommended that I read Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. I didn’t expect this book to shift my perspective on aging so dramatically. Aging from personal experience My experience with aging is defined by…
