Safe storage of food is important to for ensuring resident health and wellbeing, and part of keeping food safe is ensuring that it is stored at a safe temperature. Refrigerators should be maintained to a maximum of 40 degrees F (some states require 39 degrees F), and freezers to a maximum of 0 degrees F. [...]
A Tuesday Tip subscriber recently emailed to ask us about installing window restrictor to prevent residents from eloping through a window: “What is your opinion of using window restrictors in dementia units to prevent elopement through windows?”
It is that time of year; the time when we start gathering all of our financial information and meeting with our accountants to begin preparing our tax returns. It may be helpful to notify your residents and their responsible parties that in some circumstances the money they have paid for assisted living services may be [...]