Engagement and Activities in Long-Term Care: Tapping Into “I Would Love to Do That!”

Since this March, said Charles de Vilmorin, CEO and cofounder of Linked Senior, “Ninety percent of the conversations I’ve had with [post-acute and long-term care facility] owners and operators are about social isolation. It’s as lethal as smoking five cigarettes a day.” There has always been a need to focus on engagement for nursing home residents, he said, but the pandemic has brought it front and center. “It is during those minutes of engagement every day that residents find purpose, and the pursuit of purpose is a basic human right.” So how is the future of engagement and purpose shaping up?