by Michael Gill | Jul 8, 2021 | Skilled Nursing
There is often confusion about the term Nursing Home because it is frequently used generically as an all-encompassing term for senior living. But in today’s senior living market, Skilled Nursing Homes have a specific market niche. What follows is an explanation of...
by Michael Gill | Mar 25, 2021 | Assisted Living, COVID-19, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
With Covid-19 infections now so low in assisted living and memory care communities, for the first time in a year, it is now safe to consider moving your loved one into a senior living community. Coronavirus vaccines have to be recognized as a marvelous and stunning...
by Michael Gill | Mar 17, 2021 | Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
We at Texas Senior Living Locators are consultants who use our intimate knowledge of the local Senior Living industry to help families of seniors find the best solution for their families needs. I personally have visited every Assisted Living, Independent Living, and...
by Michael Gill | Dec 6, 2020 | 2020 News, Assisted Living, COVID-19, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
The 2020 Pandemic’s unprecedented nature has left many of us grasping for answers to unexpected questions. In Senior Living, a question percolating in the back of the mind of many children responsible for elderly seniors is, “Should I bring my parents home...
by Michael Gill | Nov 14, 2020 | Assisted Living, COVID-19, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
In relation to Covid-19 and the management of senior living communities, my mantra is: “There is no shame in getting coronavirus in a building; the only shame is in not handling it well when you do.” This bears keeping in mind because although as of...
by Michael Gill | Sep 30, 2020 | 2020 News, Assisted Living, COVID-19, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
It is no secret that the elderly suffer from COVID-19 more than any other segment of our society. In the United States, over 40% of coronavirus deaths have occurred in Nursing Homes and higher proportions overseas. But you don’t have to catch the coronavirus to...
by Michael Gill | Sep 18, 2020 | Assisted Living, COVID-19, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing
It is inevitable that at some point throughout the pandemic, the large majority of senior living communities will experience a Covid-19 infection incident. This fact is irrespective of whether the community is expensive or value-priced, located in one neighborhood...
by Michael Gill | Aug 15, 2020 | 2020 News
We are nearly five months into the pandemic-induced Senior Living lockdown, where no one is allowed inside the building to see their loved one. While this impacts the whole spectrum of senior living alternatives, it is particularly cruel for those with dementia, where...
by Michael Gill | Jul 8, 2020 | 2020 News
News articles often bring out stock photos of the 1918 Spanish Influenza to contrast them with photos of mask-wearing during today’s Covid-19 pandemic. These always make me think of my grandmother, and not just because her dresses and boots in old photos look similar....
by Michael Gill | Jun 2, 2020 | 2020 News
Let’s address the elephant in the room: even in pre-coronavirus times, senior living is often a hard sell. No one wakes up one morning and says “oh boy, today I get to move into that Assisted Living I’ve always dreamed about!” People enter senior living to meet...
