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I think the microwaved dinners, sometimes packed up elsewhere and shipped in (as one local rehab center around here did it) are out. The Medilodge where I took Dad for rehab post broken legs had a chef from one of the then closed 5 star restaurants - it was one of the best in an upscale area.
He changed the menu presentations, provided gourmet coffee for visitors; management added a massive fireplace which created the feel of a country lodge - I almost expected to see animal heads on the walls. I didn't even mind going there - in fact I enjoyed the free hazelnut coffee.
I foresee roof gardens, or large in ground gardens with a chef from a 5 star restaurant, a la carte meals (none of this oatmeal or reheated scrambled eggs for breakfast), choice of lattes for snacks...
Brunches would be accompanied by quartettes playing chamber music, or Bach or Beethoven.
With their marketing and managerial experience, they may start giving advice to the rehab facility staff! I'm sure they could make recommendations on managing and personnel management.
CWillie, you may be in for a surprise. The boomers may make presentations (equipped in a corporate style conference room with iPads for each participant) on management and marketing techniques that bring in revenue beyond that of Medicare, Medicaid and private payers - such as perhaps opening the Sunday brunch to families and visitors, and charging twice as much for it. Or presenting symphony level concerts and charging for those. Perhaps the boomers themselves will perform!
I think playing bingo and stringing beads will be a thing of the past.
BBs are simply not going to accept "our computer can't handle that" or "everyone has to be ready then because that is when the nurse distributes medicine." Ain't happenin'.
BBs have had flexible work hours, worked from home, been in charge of their own lives, organized political movements, ran the schools, ran unions, worked in corporations and in small businesses. They have been the driving force in many marketing decisions.
So hearing, "You have to follow our schedules because that is when the kitchen operates" is just not going to cut it for them. And their children or friends will stand up for them. That has been the story of their lives.
I have seen several care centers that are already adopting much more flexible schedules that suit a large variety of people. This is definitely the wave of the future.
I feel sorry for Agelessbeauty, stuck in the past at her care center. Perhaps there is another care center in the area that is more progressive in their outlook.
Brunch every Sunday!!!
Agelessbeauty, I'm afraid you have to do what your job description says you have to do. Sorry.
But as the Baby Boomers start populating our care centers I think the old "whatever works best for the staff schedule" attitude is going to burst wide open. BBs are used to setting trends, not following them. BBs, both men and women, have made their own way, paid for themselves, lived independently in ways previous generations did not. Get them up at 5am for the convenience of the care home schedule? Hahaha. We might not be there yet, but a small revolution is coming.
It is a sad reality that living in an institution means that you give up your personal preferences and freedoms in order to accommodate the needs of the majority. If someone repeatedly sleeps in they may miss breakfast, leading to loss of weight, leading to increased frailty. They may miss their morning meds if they are routinely given in the dining room at a certain time. They may miss having their morning toilette, leading to skin breakdown. These burdens may fall on staff from a later shift, leading to them having an increased work load and animosity toward you. It is all interconnected; ripples in a pond.
Have you researched state statutes to see if there are laws governing what might be applicable to "my residents" and their rising time in the am?
https://www.agingcare.com/questions/earliest-time-get-up-residents-in-nursing-home-197416.htm