The Great Resignation continues, with some 4.4 million American workers quitting their jobs in September, after 4.3 million departed in August and 4 million left in July. The resignations tended to be highest among workers in mid-career (i.e., ages 30 to 45), as well as those in the technology and healthcare sectors. While the reasons [...]
As I wrote earlier this year for New York Score, the pandemic has forced businesses to innovate like never before. Faced with an unprecedented healthcare crisis -- one that still lingers, over a year after it first devastated the U.S. -- leaders have unearthed solutions, especially in the technological sector, that enabled them to stay [...]
When the coronavirus pandemic hit across the country, skilled nursing facilities, acting at the behest of governmental officials, implemented unprecedented visitation restrictions in the interest of resident and staff health and safety. Such restrictions are understandably difficult for both residents and their families, especially since seniors’ isolation has been shown to cause or exacerbate a [...]
A few years ago, writes Dr. David Scales, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, an elderly woman, already hospitalized, underwent a troubling transformation when day turned to night: Normally agreeable, she was seen stalking the hallways of the place, screaming in Italian and fearful that the staff would relieve her of what she [...]
The Allure Group is proud to support the 2018 Parkinson’s Unity Walk (PUW) on Saturday, April 28th in New York City’s Central Park. In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Allure has assembled a team that will participate in the Walk, which begins at 8:30 a.m. at the 72nd Street Bandshell. The Walk is designed to [...]
A virtual reality system that allows seniors to “visit” far-off locales without leaving the comforts of their assisted-living facility. A belt that helps prevent hip fractures. Silverware that allows Parkinson’s patients to eat without difficulty. These are just a few of the innovations coming to senior care. And such breakthroughs are always of interest to [...]
The goal at The Allure Group, as at every healthcare facility, is to provide each and every patient with the best possible care. Unfortunately the demands placed upon medical professionals -- whether because of healthcare policy, insurance costs or the sheer demand for services -- make that ever more challenging. There are ways, however, to [...]