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Find more e-guides, articles, recordings of past webinars, and more in our Skilled Nursing, Senior Living, and Behavioral Health sections.

Powerful Partnership: Ciel Senior Living

Running a senior living community is no small task, especially with 14 communities spanning nine states. Learn how Ciel Senior Living and PharMerica created a powerful partnership that saves time for staff, improves satisfaction and retention, and helps them provide the highest quality care to their residents.

Six Strategies to Retain DSPs

Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) have a huge impact on individuals’ quality of life. However, recruiting and retaining DSPs has been a challenge for many agencies. Learn six steps you can take to increase satisfaction and engagement to retain your most valuable DSPs.

The Importance of Medication Adherence in Senior Living

Complex medication regimens, cognitive impairment, financial constraints, and physical/mobility limitations can all contribute to medication non-adherence in older adults. And the consequences can be dire. Learn some of the common reasons for non-adherence and tips on how to prevent it.

Powerful Partnerships: Sarah Day

Providing high-quality care to more than 700 residents in 10 facilities requires great attention to detail, something Sarah Day and her team pride themselves on. Learn how Sarah’s commitment to quality helps keep residents safe, engaged, comfortable, and living with joy and purpose.

5 Tips to be OK with GG Documentation

Recent changes, updates, and revisions to regulations that affect skilled nursing facilities all have one thing in common — they all have an impact on documentation. Use these tips to help ensure your documentation paints an accurate, complete, and up-to-date picture of the care your team is providing.

Expert Insights: Melissa Cabot, Regional Director of Business Development at Wachusett Healthcare Management

For Melissa Cabot, the key to success is communication. Learn how her commitment to engaging, sharing, and collaborating with both her facility teams and hospital partners has resulted in a significant increase in occupancy.

Preventing Falls in Senior Living Communities

Each year, more than 14 million older adults experience a fall. While some falls result in nothing more than a bruise or scrape, some cause serious injuries like hip fractures and head injuries. Learn how to recognize and manage risk factors and get strategies for prevention.

Understanding and Reducing Polypharmacy in Senior Living

Multiple chronic conditions, doctors, and pharmacies all contribute to polypharmacy, a common issue for older adults. This article takes a deep dive into the causes of polypharmacy, steps your community can take to prevent it, and how your pharmacist can help.

Powerful Partnerships: Muriel Sumowalt

Muriel Sumowalt and her team are committed to ongoing excellence, achieving high occupancy rates and drastically reducing their reliance on agency staff. Learn how she keeps all the moving parts in sync and how working with PharMerica Senior Living enhances safety and efficiency.

Powerful Partnerships: Ashley Guido

Every day, Ashley Guido faces an ever-changing regulatory landscape that varies from state to state. The key to meeting these challenges, she says, is a strong, engaged, and informed team that includes PharMerica Senior Living.

Resources to Manage 2025 SOM Updates

2025 changes to the State Operations Manual (SOM) affect key areas such as psychotropic use, infection prevention, and admissions. Use our resources — articles, Compliance Cues, webinar recordings, and more — to help your staff understand the changes and prepare for surveys.

Tech Trends in Senior Living: What You Need to Know

From wearable devices, like smart watches and bands, to automatic medication dispensers, there is no shortage of technology designed to enhance the health and well-being of seniors. Learn more about current trends, what the future holds, and how to implement technology into your community.