Argentum’s Senior Living IQ and YOU
The Senior Living IQ initiative was recently launched by Argentum, the national association for senior living. Here's what we believe the key takeaways are.
By Sarah Carothers
Director of Senior Living Partnerships
The Senior Living IQ initiative was recently launched by Argentum, the national association for senior living. This is a multi-year initiative supporting the ongoing investment in quality of life for residents of senior living communities. Currently, the initiative is broken down into three phases: awareness, action, and investing in employees. The first phase will be identifying what are the common challenges facing our industry. The second will provide industry guidelines while the third will be a focus on training those who directly serve resident. What are the specific takeaways should you know? How can you implement them? We'll explore.Recent Position Papers
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