In what really amounted to idle conversation one of our staffers was speaking to an owner of more than 50 assisted living beds in the Midwestern United States.  The conversation was about one of his facilities where the walls were cinder block, making the building cold and unattractive which we felt was unappealing for people who had to spend night and day in such an environment.

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Have you ever looked at your group living business as managing your own little Kingdom?  After all people are relying upon you for leadership in a variety of categories and there is a need for you to get the job done and often fast.

Let’s provide a hypothetical:  You have 12 residents between two, (2) homes.  At any given time five, (5) are receiving some type of therapy within the assisted living residence.  Three, (3) have terminal diagnosis and two, (2) of those are receiving hospice services.

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In Southeast Michigan if you want to hear a sigh when planning long-term care in assisted living there are about three, (3) cities you can mention as possible locations.  These are Detroit, Inkster and Highland Park.  To be fair these cities have led the way in many key areas of visible decay, economic decline and rising crime rates.  Black on black crime unnerves us the most for a variety of social and historical reasons and Inkster just announced the layoffs of fourteen, (14) of its police officers.

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Amy Evangelista invites you to walk through two, (2) Miami, Florida area skilled nursing centers with her as she did recently with a camera crew.  With the permission of patients, their families and the homes she chronicled something many nursing homes would prefer not to discuss.

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A real winner for CBS has been the hour-long drama Criminal Minds.  It stars veteran actors Joe Mantegna and Thomas Gibson, rounding out a wonderfully talented cast with the ever stylish Shemar Moore.

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